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Security Researcher

depthfirst · San Francisco · On-site

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About depthfirst

AI-native security that thinks like an elite security research team and works across your code, dependencies, infrastructure, and live environment. Backed by Accel.

About the role

We’re seeking an experienced Security Researcher to join our effort in building and training AI agents for vulnerability discovery and exploitation. We are building a technology capable of finding the next Log4J at scale, finding and remediating vulnerabilities in customer and open source codebases.

What they're looking for

  • 3+ years of full-time experience in security research, offensive security, or related fields
  • Experience with finding vulnerabilities in source code
  • Experience creating PoC exploits for vulnerabilities
  • Programming experience in Python
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
  • A love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to tackle real problems
More about this role

We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization - yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. We are on a mission to solve security.

depthfirst is building intelligence to detect and remediate critical software vulnerabilities. We are training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-days vulnerabilities across large customer codebases and popular open source software.

Our founding team includes deep expertise in data, infrastructure, security and LLMs with technical leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, Square, and Faire. We are looking for strong technical people who are interested in working at the intersection of AI, Security, and Infrastructure.

We’re seeking an experienced Security Researcher to join our effort in building and training AI agents for vulnerability discovery and exploitation.

We are building a technology capable of finding the next Log4J at scale, finding and remediating vulnerabilities in customer and open source codebases.

We are looking for strong security researchers with strong intuition to identify, analyze, and investigate application vulnerabilities. You’ll collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to...

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