Senior Security Software Engineer | Vulnerability Research | up to £100K
We're partnered with a globally recognised technology organisation building advanced cyber capability across highly sensitive environments.
This role sits within a specialist research team and is heavily focused on vulnerability research, binary analysis and low-level security engineering. Despite the title, this is not a typical software engineering role. It is research-led, investigative and deeply technical in nature.
The role
You'll be working on complex security challenges, identifying and analysing vulnerabilities across systems, software and platforms. The work is hands-on, highly technical and centred around research rather than feature delivery.
Key areas include:
* Vulnerability research and large-scale discovery
* Binary analysis and reverse engineering
* Exploit development and proof-of-concept creation
* Investigating low-level system behaviour across operating systems and embedded platforms
* Contributing to research direction and technical problem-solving within the team
What they're looking for
* Strong background in vulnerability research, exploit development or reverse engineering
* Experience in Binary Analysis
* Deep understanding of low-level systems, software internals or embedded systems
* Comfortable working in a research-led, non-product environment
* Strong technical curiosity and problem-solving mindset
Why this role
* Work on genuinely complex, high-impact security problems
* Research-led environment, not a traditional engineering or consultancy setup
* Strong alignment to defence and national security use cases
* High level of technical ownership and autonomy
* Opportunity to work alongside highly specialised researchers
This would suit someone currently in a government or defence research environment who wants to continue deep technical work, but in a more flexible and well-resourced organisation.
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