Malware Researcher-Detection Engineer

Summary

Join SentinelOne, a cybersecurity company leveraging AI, as a Staff 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 end-to-end responsibility for behavior-based detection capabilities, from reversing samples to integrating them into the product. You will develop and use internal research tools, lead research and detection features, mentor team members, and collaborate with various teams. Your work will enhance the security of Linux endpoints and cloud workloads for thousands of users globally. You will also have the opportunity to write white papers and blog articles.

Requirements

• 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 discovering new ways to detect/prevent malicious techniques
• Lead research as well as to design and lead detection features/epics, inspire and mentor others in the team, and lead technically
• Interact with researchers and engineers in and across the org, tech leads, architects, product management, and so on
• Enhance the security of countless of different Linux endpoints and cloud workloads platforms protected by our product, that serves thousands of users (from enterprise & public sector clients across the globe, incl. some of the largest companies globally) and billions of events daily as part of SentinelOne's security offering
• Write white papers, blogs and articles
• Detection Development
• Write tests to cover new detections
• Conduct low level security research
• Peer code reviews; Participate in 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with reverse engineering of x86/x64 binaries
• 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, this is a 100% remote role based within Spain
• We provide optional membership in major coworking chains
• Optionally for those willing to relocate to the Czech Republic relocation assistance is available for any candidates that are already eligible to work in the EU at the time of applying
• Generous employee stock plan in the form of grant of RSUs (restricted stock units), not options; 4 years vesting with 1 year cliff and then quarterly, stock refresh yearly
• Yearly bonus depending on the performance of the company, paid out in 2 installments
• 30 Days of Paid Annual Leave
• Flexible Paid Sick Days
• Pension insurance contribution
• Premium Life Insurance covered by S1
• Premium Medical & Dental Insurance covered by S1
• Meal, Transport & Homeoffice allowance of total 440 EUR/month
• 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 (e.g. 4 days in 2022)
• Global Employee Assistance Program (confidential counseling related to both personal and work life matters)
• Udemy Business platform for Hard/Soft skills Training & Support for your further educational activities/trainings
• Above-standard referral bonus
• & Aditional country-specific benefits to Spain