Malware Research Team Lead

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate — and we want you along for the ride. This is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit and just all-around great people. Here, if you’re willing to do more, your career can take off. And since software plays a central role in everyone’s lives, you’ll be part of an important mission. Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust JFrog to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production -- a concept we call “liquid software.” Wouldn't it be amazing if you could join us on our journey?

JFrog Security is one of the main pillars of JFrog’s long-term strategy. We are pushing the boundaries of security analysis of both binaries and code, shifting left and bringing new and exciting features to both developers and DevOps. We are looking for an experienced malware researcher to lead our malware research team. As a Malware Research Team Lead at JFrog, you will lead research on source code, compiled code, and various software supply chain attacks. The position requires proven experience in researching malicious code, understanding supply chain attack techniques, and experience in developing malware monitoring and analysis automation.

As a Malware Research Team Lead at JFrog you will...

• Lead a team of experienced malware researchers to discover malicious code in open source & new supply chain attack techniques
• Research malicious code in public repositories from various coding languages and technologies
• Define and implement ways to automatically detect malicious code in open-source software
• Write technical reports and outward-facing publications regarding all research subjects mentioned above
• Present your team’s research in local and international security conventions
  
  

• Malware research experience in all of the following languages:
• Python – 3+ years
• Node.JS – 3+ years
• Advantage – Native code (C, C++), C#, Java, Go
• Programming experience in Python
• Experience in a managerial role
• Experience in writing technical reports
• Advantage – Experience in binary reverse engineering
• Advantage – DevOps experience