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Staff Security Researcher in USA

  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Conduct security research across at least two specialty areas and identify novel, systemic, and chained vulnerabilities.
  • Validate vulnerabilities through hands-on testing and proof-of-concept exploit development.
  • Research AI and agentic security surfaces, including attack scenarios involving GitLab AI workflows.
  • Build tooling and automation for scalable security research and agent-assisted vulnerability discovery.
  • Assess the security posture of open-source tools and dependencies, report findings, and track mitigation.
  • Define security and process improvements, contribute to the team roadmap, and provide actionable feedback to engineering teams.
  • Mentor and advise individual contributors and share vulnerability research with the security community.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in security research, penetration testing, or offensive security roles.
  • Hands-on experience discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities.
  • Subject matter expertise in at least two technical areas affecting product security.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Ruby, Go, Python, TypeScript, or Rust.
  • Ability to read and analyze code across multiple languages and codebases.
  • Understanding of AI attack vectors such as prompt injection, agent manipulation, and workflow exploitation.
  • Experience leading technical objectives in cross-functional teams.
  • Strong written communication, analytical, problem-solving, and technical risk-assessment skills.
  • Preferred qualifications include published security research or conference presentations, distributed-systems software engineering experience, OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, or similar certifications, and experience with GitLab or similar DevSecOps platforms.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement.
  • Benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Team Member Resource Groups.
  • Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Growth and Development Fund.
  • Parental leave.

Salary: $168k - $238k/yr

GitLab

GitLab is a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. It helps companies manage the growing complexities of developing, securing, and deploying software. Its platform is used to deliver software faster and more efficiently while strengthening security, end-to-end compliance, and auditability. ...

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