runZero, Inc

Principal Research Engineer

Remote US
USD 150k - 200k
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Description

Why runZero?

  • Fully remote: runZero is a 100% remote company. While other companies are struggling with the new normal, we decided to lean in, knowing that a lot of folks out there don't want to commute or sit in a cubicle every day. We don't actually have an office, so we won't ever ask you to "come in 3 days a week". That said, we try to get together in person for kick-offs.
  • Fast, sustainable growth: Despite the pandemic, we have grown tremendously over the past year. runZero is financially solid, and we have secured funding to support our future growth. Plus, we have great investors who are familiar with the security space. 
  • Product-market fit: We're already selling, a lot, with hundreds of paying customers from mid-market to very large enterprises and thousands of freemium users. Learn about how runZero works and how it helps our customers with their business. If you want to learn about our cool technology, listen to this podcast with our co-founder HD Moore (creator of Metasploit)
  • High customer satisfaction: We'd rather you hear this from our users. If you want to try runZero, just get our 21-day trial. You'll know what you have on your home network in about 12 minutes. 
  • Great benefits: For 2022, we're matching 4% of your 401K. You'll get platinum-level medical, vision, dental, life and short-term disability virtually free ($0.17 per month for a family of two).
  • Friendly and productive culture: We have a diverse team with no tech-bro culture, no crazy hours, and a productive atmosphere. Read about our cultural values.

The Opportunity:

We’re growing the runZero research team! In the Sr./Principal Applied Security Research Engineer role, you will help convert security research into happy customers! You’ll author/update asset and service fingerprints to improve runZero’s overall coverage, and also have the opportunity to research and develop new scanning techniques and fingerprinting methods. You will dig into our scanner code to help fix bugs and make improvements, as well as investigate interesting/weird devices and research vulnerabilities. You’ll also have the opportunity to write content for the runZero blog about research/investigation findings, and also contribute to short, tactical blog posts designed to help our customers achieve maximum value from runZero. Additionally, you will work closely with the engineering team, enabling you to contribute to the broader development of runZero, including planning discussions and occasional creation of new features and bug fixes.

What you’ll do:

  • Add or improve 15+ customer-facing fingerprints per week through writing/updating regular expressions (regex) in XML files and writing Golang code.
  • Investigate and resolve 5+ customer issues per week, using standard network analysis tools (Wireshark, etc.) as appropriate.
  • Participate in development-and-delivery of a customer-facing feature 1 release cycle per quarter, using standard developer tools and processes (Git, issue tracking, testing, code reviews).
  • Fix 1+ bugs per release cycle, and create new issues (bugs, features) when appropriate.
  • Periodically contribute to research and blog posts.
  • In addition to the engineering team, regularly communicate and collaborate with peers across the company to learn and support our product and sales operations.

Salary range: runZero values transparency in the hiring process. According to our market data, we’re expecting this role to come in at a salary of about $150-200k, plus stock options. We know that the talent market is always in flux, so please let us know if you believe we have advertised this role at the wrong salary band.

Benefits

We offer an extensive set of benefits including:

  • Top of the line medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverages with runZero paying for 99% of the premium.
  • A stock option plan consistent with early stage, rapidly-growing startups.
  • A competitive salary composed of cash and equity compensation.
  • A flexible vacation policy.
  • 401(k) matching program.

Applications

runZero positions are currently restricted to the United States. International applications will not be considered.

We strive to make data-driven decisions where data is readily available, which is why we support vaccines and are committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace. Even though we are a remote only company, runZero requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so that we can safely get together for company off-sites and kick-offs, QBRs, in-person customer meetings, and more. We are all responsible adults, and expect that you will keep up with the COVID-19 booster schedule, as recommended by the CDC. The Company will consider requests for an accommodation or exemption to this requirement, as required by applicable law, for non customer-facing roles.

runZero is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, marital status, ancestry, nationality or any other basis covered by applicable law. 

We encourage under-represented applicants to apply, even if you don’t think you fit 100% of the criteria (nobody ever does)!

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