Senior Staff Security Researcher at Reach Security (San Francisco, CA)
Reach Security· San Francisco, CA·
Role details
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
About Reach Security: Reach www.reach.security integrates with your existing security tools to identify blind spots across your defenses, prioritize fixes, automatically remediate misconfigurations, and continuously validate that your security posture remains strong About the Role: Reach Security seeking a skilled Senior Staff Security Researcher who will Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library. Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms. In this role, you will:
- Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library.
- Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.
- Build reproducible research environments, tooling and sandboxes.
- Replicate malicious behavior to design detection and prevention strategies and collect evidence of attempted/detected/blocked attacks.
Requirements and skills
- 10 + years of experience in Information Security and or Engineering
- 5+ years of experience in offensive security, security research, detection engineering, red teaming, or vulnerability research.
- Experience discovering, analyzing, or detecting sophisticated real-world attacks.
- Strong software engineering skills with the ability to rapidly build research tooling and proof-of-concepts.
- Deep curiosity and a habit of experimenting with new AI systems as they emerge.
- Exceptional technical writing and communication skills.
Working at Reach Security:
- Competitive salary, and equity package
- Comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including plan options with company-paid employee coverage
- FSA, HSA, and 401(k) plans
- Company paid life insurance and disability coverage, along with buy up options
- Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, identify theft coverage, and legal services
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
Why work at Reach Security
- Culture: The company fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture where every team member is encouraged to contribute ideas, take ownership of projects, and grow within their role. Values include creativity, transparency, and a passion for solving complex security challenges.
- Impactful Work: Employees work on a high-impact mission to proactively defend organizations from cyber threats at a machine-speed scale.
- Team: The team is composed of experts from leading security companies (Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Cylance, Splunk, Sysdig), innovative startups, and FAANG, many with hands-on security practitioner experience.
- Remote/Hybrid/Office: The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office presence, but offers remote flexibility for some roles (e.g., Senior Software Engineer roles are listed as remote). The typical time on-site is described as "None" for some roles, while the company also has an "OnSite Workspace."
- Engineering Culture: Engineering is a large department (36% of staff). The leadership includes a Senior VP of Engineering with experience scaling teams at Lacework and Sysdig, and a VP of Engineering. The tech stack and specific engineering practices are not publicly detailed, but the focus on AI and data platform engineering suggests a modern, data-intensive environment.