Security Researcher
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Before you apply
LocationNew York
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SeniorityMid
Experience3+ yrs
DepartmentApplied Research
EquityIncluded
Company size11–50 people
PostedAug 24, 2026 · 2mo ago
Verified live22h ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
3+ years of hands-on offensive security experience (penetration testing, red teaming, bug bounty, or vulnerability research)
Deep understanding of web application security, exploitation techniques, and modern attack surfaces
Programming experience in Python or similar; comfort building your own tooling
A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them
CVEs, published research, CTF results, or a strong bug bounty track record are a plus
Skills
Python
AI
security
Benefits
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
About Strix
We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization, yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. Strix is on a mission to solve security.
Strix builds autonomous AI penetration testing agents that think like attackers: discovering, validating, and helping fix real vulnerabilities across live applications, codebases, and infrastructure, continuously, not once a year. We are looking for strong technical people who want to work at the intersection of AI, security, and infrastructure.
About this role
We’re looking for a Security Researcher to push the frontier of what our AI agents can find. You will hunt for real vulnerabilities, turn your offensive-security expertise into agent skills, benchmarks, and detection strategies, and validate that Strix finds what matters in real-world targets.
You’re excited about this role because you will…
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Discover and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and open-source software
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Encode offensive-security techniques into agent behaviors, tools, and playbooks that scale your expertise
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Build and curate vulnerable environments and benchmarks that measure real agent capability
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Analyze agent findings, separate signal from noise, and drive the false-positive rate toward zero
Qualifications
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3+ years of hands-on offensive security experience (penetration testing, red teaming, bug bounty, or vulnerability research)
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Deep understanding of web application security, exploitation techniques, and modern attack surfaces
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Programming experience in Python or similar; comfort building your own tooling
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CVEs, published research, CTF results, or a strong bug bounty track record are a plus
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A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them
What we offer
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Competitive salary with meaningful equity
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Health, vision, and dental insurance
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Office lunch and dinner (when working from our New York office)
Legal
Strix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
To all recruitment agencies: Strix does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Strix employees. Strix is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.