Security Research Lead

IONIX is seeking a hands-on Security Research Lead to guide a team of researchers while remaining deeply technical. Reporting to the CTO, you’ll set security research direction, develop detection content for our security platform, and help integrate new offense-inspired capabilities that keep customers ahead of emerging threats.

Requirements:

5+ years of hands-on vulnerability research, exploit development, red-team, or related offensive security work.
2+ years in a tech-lead or small-team-lead capacity, including mentoring and project ownership.
Proven ability to translate research into reliable, maintainable detections or security content.
Strong coding skills and solid understanding of modern exploit techniques and mitigations.
Clear, concise communication—able to explain complex findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Shape the research agenda, coach experienced researchers, and foster a culture of curiosity and excellence.
Design and build proof-of-concept exploits and other detection logic that enhance our product.
Explore AI-driven or otherwise novel offensive techniques that can be safely leveraged to improve threat coverage.
Work closely with Product and Engineering to turn research into production-ready features.
Publish select findings, speak at events, and help position the company as a thought leader in security research.