Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability Researcher

micro1 is hiring a Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability Researcher: a full-time, remote role with a national base salary range of $150,000 to $200,000 per year, plus equity eligibility and a benefits package (health-insurance premium reimbursement up to 100%, paid time off, 401(k) with company match). You operate like an internal adversary, researching emerging threats across AI agents, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms and production systems.

You will conduct offensive security research across cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), production services, internal tooling and AI platforms; run realistic adversary simulations targeting identity systems, cloud control planes, supply chains and distributed architectures; find and exploit vulnerabilities across applications, APIs, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines and AI-powered developer workflows; research attack vectors against LLMs, AI agents, retrieval systems and MCP integrations; and build custom offensive tooling, fuzzers and proof-of-concept exploits.Requirements: proven offensive security, vulnerability research, red teaming or exploit development experience; deep understanding of cloud security across AWS and GCP, including IAM, networking, Kubernetes, containers and identity systems; strong application security, code auditing and reverse engineering background; experience with software supply chains, CI/CD systems, APIs and infrastructure automation; proficiency in Python, Go, Rust, C/C++ or similar; strong OS internals, networking and authentication protocol knowledge; excellent written communication. Preferred: AI/LLM security research (prompt injection, tool abuse, jailbreaks, RAG security), zero-days or published CVEs, fuzzing or binary analysis.Details and apply link: https://aigigscout.com/jobs/micro1/member-of-technical-staff-vulnerability-researcher-3c61d4a4?utm_source=kubernetesjobs&utm_medium=jobboard&utm_campaign=aigigscout_growth

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