Vulnerability Researcher

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.

At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.

AI Fearlessly.

Position Summary:

TrendAI Research is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to join our industry-leading research team. TrendAI Research supports a global customer base including leading security product vendors, software and high-tech manufacturers, telecommunications providers, and large enterprise customers with a set of industry-leading technical data feeds, research products, and engineering services.

Responsibilities:

• Research newly discovered vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products

• Reverse engineer and research network protocols, file formats, and software

• Develop proof-of-concept files and code

• Produce reports describing software vulnerabilities and detection of attack vectors

• Develop signatures for network traffic-based attack detection

• Monitor security industry publications, news groups and other online sources for newly discovered security vulnerabilities and emerging threats

• Implement new and improve existing tools to automate and streamline the vulnerability research process

• Collaborate with other vulnerability researchers on research, analysis and report production

Required Knowledge:

• Functional understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack and higher-level networking protocols

• Experience in static and dynamic reverse engineering of x86 binaries (amd64 is a plus)

• Knowledge in a variety of operating systems

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to analyze and describe vulnerabilities and attack methods

• Familiarity with tools such as IDA Pro, OllyDbg, WinDbg, gdb and Wireshark

• At least two of C/C++, assembly language, Java, Python, and shell scripting

• Ability to learn new detection signature languages quickly

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Reliable and dependable team player

• Great attention to detail and personal quality assurance

• Self-directed, self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision

Preferred Professional Designation/Certification:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field preferred but not required

Preferred Experience:

• Industry experience performing similar technical role preferred but not required

Why Join TrendAI?

TrendAI is a leader in AI security. We not only delivered the first open-weight, cybersecurity-focused large language model, but also the industry’s first security companion agent evaluated directly by customers. Trend Vision One integrates endpoint, cloud, network, email, identity, AI application, and data security into a single, unified platform. In this role, you will partner with business leaders to design systems that can reason, learn, and protect—accelerating agility, speed of delivery, and data-centric security. You will help transform cutting-edge research into real-world defense capabilities, protecting millions of users in the generative-AI agent era and enabling enterprises to stay ahead of evolving threats.

What We Offer You:

You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. TrendAI provides benefit options for you and your family.

• Group benefits program with health and dental coverage

• Telehealth Virtual Health Services

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long Term Disability

• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Mental Health Wellness Program

• Wellness Incentive Program

• Retirement Savings Programs with company match

• Paid Time Off

• 14 Annual Holidays

• Tuition Assistance

• Employee Resource Groups

We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.

Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.

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