Code & AI Security Research Manager (Cortex Cloud)

As the Code & AI Security Research Manager, you will lead an elite team in redefining trust for an era of agentic automation and hyper-connected supply chains. You will serve as a technical lighthouse and strategic leader, managing a high-performance team to secure the core of modern engineering. Your mission is to bridge deep technical research with product innovation, ensuring our customers' security posture evolves faster than the way they build software.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and empower a team of world-class security researchers to pioneer AI-native security strategies.
Define the vision for identifying and mitigating novel attack vectors targeting coding agents and autonomous development workflows.
Oversee the evolution of traditional code vulnerabilities into proactive, self-healing workflows that fix issues before they reach a pull request.
Drive deep-dive research into software supply chain vulnerabilities, including CI/CD pipeline risks and third-party package s

דרישות:

2+ years of experience in technical leadership or people management, with a proven track record of directing high-impact security research projects.
6+ years of professional experience in application security research, focusing on the security of modern software architectures.
Proven expertise in building AI-powered security solutions or securing AI-driven systems.
Strong understanding of modern software supply chain risks, including CI/CD exploitation and malicious package detection.
Hands-on expertise in both offensive and defensive security, with the ability to translate research into robust product defenses.
Strategic mindset with the ability to navigate the fast-moving AI security landscape and translate complex research into a clear product roadmap.
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience in a security product company, translating research into scalable product features and detection logic.
Experience leveraging big data platforms (e.g., GCP BigQuery, AWS Athena) to validat