Security Research Engineer
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Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 175000 - 221000
Posted on:
18 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role
Were seeking a Security Research Engineer to help build the next generation of identity-focused security detections. You will research emerging attack techniques analyze identity-driven threats across cloud and SaaS environments and turn insights into high-fidelity detections and product improvements. As a subject matter expert youll guide the evolution of our detection pipeline and core detection logic driving meaningful impact on customer security and product direction.
What Youll Do
Threat & Detection Research
- Research emerging attack techniques across IdPs SaaS and cloud environments.
- Analyze adversary behaviors such as credential abuse session hijacking privilege escalation and persistence.
- Share your insights with the community through blogs whitepapers talks and contributions that elevate industry understanding.
Data Analysis & Signal Development
- Analyze large volumes of identity and SaaS telemetry to identify indicators and behavioral patterns.
- Form hypotheses and run experiments to improve detection accuracy.
Detection Engineering
- Translate research into rules heuristics anomalies and behavioral models.
- Partner with engineering to improve detection pipeline capability and performance
- Test detections against simulated attacks and real data.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with product on detection priorities.
- Partner with engineering on pipelines and telemetry quality.
- Share findings with customer-facing teams and support investigations when needed.
What Were Looking For
- 23 years in security research detection engineering threat intel or similar.
- Experience building detections and analyzing large datasets.
- Strong understanding of identity systems (Okta Azure AD/Entra Google Workspace etc.) and authentication flows.
- Familiarity with cloud/SaaS attack surfaces and attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK OAuth abuse identity threats).
- Ability to analyze logs and signals from IdPs cloud or SaaS apps.
- Experience creating or validating rule- anomaly- or behavior-based detections.
- Experience with scalable data pipelines (Spark or similar).
- Familiar with Python and SQL
- Bonus: threat simulation red/blue teaming
Why Join Us
- Shape core detection capabilities at an early high-growth company.
- Work with experienced security engineers who value creativity and practicality.
- Directly influence product direction and customer outcomes.
- A culture of learning autonomy and speed.
Employee Benefits
Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees well-being both at work and at home. Our US based employees enjoy:
- Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
- Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
- Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
- 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
- Personal and professional development resources
For more details on our US benefits or for information on our international benefits please see here.
Pay Transparancy
Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as well as the knowledge skills and experience of the addition to a competitive base salary this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.
At Obsidian we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent passion and compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization. If you have a need that requires accommodation please contact
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Base Salary Range
$175000 - $221000 USD
Key Skills
- Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- C/C++
- OS Kernels
- Research Experience
- Matlab
- Rust
- Research & Development
- Natural Language Processing
- Tensorflow
About Company
Obsidian Security delivers complete SaaS security—gain control, stop threats, and ensure compliance across all your business apps.
