Malware Researcher/Detection Engineer

Summary

Join SentinelOne, a cybersecurity company leveraging AI-powered innovation, as a Malware Researcher/Detection Engineer. You will be responsible for detecting malware and exploits, designing new detection methods, and incorporating them into the product. This role involves reverse engineering, developing research tools, and collaborating with engineering teams. You will enhance the security of Linux endpoints and cloud workloads, impacting thousands of users globally. Opportunities to contribute to white papers and blogs are available. SentinelOne offers a flexible and independent work environment with opportunities to shape the future of security.

Requirements

• Experience with reverse engineering of x86/x64 binaries
• Experience in malware analysis (statically and dynamically)
• Understanding of Linux and Containers threat landscape (including but not limited to frameworks, MITRE IaaS)
• Proficient in Linux OS architecture and internals - understanding how core system components (Processes and Threads, Virtual Memory and more) work behind the scenes
• Experience with Python or Lua or other languages for scripting
• Solid familiarity and understanding of C++

Responsibilities

• Detect the newest malwares and exploits based on SentinelOne’s AI-powered Endpoint platform (EPP/EDR)
• Take end to end responsibility for behaviour based detection capabilities, starting from reversing the samples, designing new methods to detect or prevent those, and incorporating it into the product along with the engineering teams
• Develop and use internal research tools, PoCs and discover new ways to detect/prevent malicious techniques
• Enhance the security of countless of different Linux endpoints and cloud workloads platforms protected by our product
• Write tests to cover new detections
• Conduct low level security research
• Participate in peer code reviews and team’s design reviews
• Learn new technologies in the Linux and Cloud workloads security domains
• Support customers with issues and requests within the team’s domain
• Write white papers, blogs and articles

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of existing Anti-Virus/Endpoint Protection SW internals
• Experience with eBPF
• Experience with Cloud Workloads (EKS, ECS, Fargate, etc.)
• Experience working on a production-grade product with a wide scale deployment

Benefits

• Flexible working hours, hybrid model with offices in Karlin (Prague), remote work in CZ or SK, optional Brno offices
• Generous employee stock plan in the form of RSUs (restricted stock units) grant not options; 4 years vesting with 1-year cliff and then quarterly
• Yearly bonus depending on the performance of the company, paid out in 2 installments
• Flexible Time Off (on top of the standard 5 weeks of vacation)
• Flexible Paid Sick Days
• Fully Paid Short Term Sick/Short Term Nursing Leave
• Global gender-neutral Parental Leave (16 weeks, beyond the leave provided by the local laws) & Grandparent Leave
• Volunteering paid day off & Additional paid Company holidays off
• Pension insurance contribution
• Premium Life Insurance covered by S1
• Monthly Meal & Wellbeing Allowance
• Private medical care membership (English speaking) for you and your +1
• Global Employee Assistance Program (confidential counseling related to both personal and work life matters), Wellness Coach:Mind Body Sleep app company access (sessions, audiobooks, classes, private coaching etc.)
• High-end MacBook or Windows laptop, Home-office-setup gear & on top of that additional WFH Allowance
• LinkedIn Learning platform for Hard/Soft skills Training, internal mentoring 'MentorOne' & Support for your further educational activities/trainings
• Above-standard referral bonus
• ESPP (employee stock purchase plan)
• Refreshments and snacks at the offices
• Optional company events