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Senior Staff Security Researcher

Reach Security · San Francisco Bay Area

Workplace
Hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Experience
5+ years
Posted

About the role

Senior Staff Security Researcher at Reach Security in San Francisco Bay Area. Hybrid, full-time. Posted August 21, 2026.

About Reach Security:

Reach www.reach.security integrates with your existing security tools to identify blind spots across your defenses, prioritize fixes, automatically remediate misconfigurations, and continuously validate that your security posture remains strong

About the Role:

Reach Security seeking a skilled Senior Staff Security Researcher who will Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library. Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.

In this role, you will:

  • Work closely with Engineering to translate research into product capabilities, continually expanding Reach’s integration and control library.

  • Help prioritize new domain, product and control coverage and remediation mechanisms.

  • Build reproducible research environments, tooling and sandboxes.

  • Replicate malicious behavior to design detection and prevention strategies and collect evidence of attempted/detected/blocked attacks.

Requirements and skills

  • 10 + years of experience in Information Security and or Engineering

  • 5+ years of experience in offensive security, security research, detection engineering, red teaming, or vulnerability research.

  • Experience discovering, analyzing, or detecting sophisticated real-world attacks.

  • Strong software engineering skills with the ability to rapidly build research tooling and proof-of-concepts.

  • Deep curiosity and a habit of experimenting with new AI systems as they emerge.

  • Exceptional technical writing and communication skills.

Working at Reach Security:

  • Competitive salary, and equity package

  • Comprehensive benefits package including:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including plan options with company-paid employee coverage

  • FSA, HSA, and 401(k) plans

  • Company paid life insurance and disability coverage, along with buy up options

  • Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, identify theft coverage, and legal services

  • Unlimited PTO and sick time

Prefer to apply yourself? Apply on Reach Security’s site

Quick answers

Where is this job based?

San Francisco Bay Area. The role is hybrid.

How much experience do you need?

The posting asks for 5+ years.

How do you apply?

Apply on Reach Security’s site using the link on this page. With a free Jobmagic account you can see how well you fit first.

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