Security Researcher

Description

This is a unique opportunity to join an exciting early-stage startup experiencing hyper-growth, with the company more than doubling in size and revenue year over year. Cycode is on a mission to help organizations deliver safe code faster to accelerate their businesses. Trusted by security teams worldwide, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent.

Application Security as a category is also being redefined, and Cycode is at the forefront of this transformation. As the only complete approach to Application Security Posture Management (ASPM), Cycode is resetting the standards for AppSec and trailblazing this hot new category in the market.

We’re looking for a driven, entrepreneurial senior Security Researcher to join Cycode’s CTO team.

As a researcher and an engineer in the CTO team, you will identify and evaluate ideas for new offerings, conduct product and technical research, run experiments and validate market fit – while working closely with the product, engineering and strategy teams, as well as our customers.

You will join a dynamic and fast-paced team and be a central player in the company’s product design, development, marketing, and sales efforts.

You will be part of:

Evaluating Product Ideas:

• Evaluating and developing ideas for new products and capabilities, sourced from across the company and customers.
• Working with users, partners, colleagues and experts to consider needs, technology, trends, competition and company strategy. Articulating the product hypothesis and constructing business cases.

Conducting Technological Research:

• Analysing, researching and deep diving into technologies, tools and products, existing and emerging, in order to learn how they work and how they can be utilized to build novel solutions to user problems.
• Building product prototypes and technology demonstrators in order to test hypotheses, demonstrate feasibility, gather feedback and find market fit.

Collaborating with R&D:

• Partnering with product owners, engineers and function leaders – from ideation to realization – to ensure success and adoption of initiatives. Leading multi-disciplinary teams and joint task forces. 
• Articulating visions, opportunities and risks; evangelizing peers and management; Communicating progress to stakeholders and leadership.

Requirements

• Hands-on ability to develop POCs based on research findings using different programming frameworks while working closely with development teams.
• Autodidact, team player, curious, and fast learner who can work independently in a less structured environment, with minimal supervision, and has great English proficiency.
• Experience in cloud computing, application security, or developer tooling.
• Experienced in producing professional content for internal or external consumption and presenting it through diverse channels (internal research documentation, external blogs, webinars, conferences, etc.).
• Extensive experience writing software quickly across multiple stacks and environments.
• Well-versed in modern software development practices and familiar with a wide variety of software technologies.
• Passionate about learning new technologies and curious about how things work under the hood.
• Enjoys hacking things together and rapidly prototyping ideas.
• Audacious, resourceful, and proactive, with the ability to dream big and drive those dreams to reality.
• Adept at conveying complex ideas in simple terms to personas at all levels – from technical engineers to executives.
• Proven presentation skills and client-facing experience, with the ability to document and explain technical information concisely and understandably.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment.