Security Research Engineer

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Founded in 2017 Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happensplatforms like Microsoft 365 Salesforce and hundreds more.

Backed by top investors including Greylock Norwest Venture Partners and IVP weve built a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk detect and respond to threats and prevent breaches at the source. Our team includes leaders who helped define the categories of endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike Okta Cylance and Carbon Black.

Now were transforming how SaaS is securedin the era of agentic AI.

Today Obsidian is trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake T-Mobile and Pure Storage. We protect more than 200 organizations across North America Europe the Middle East Southeast Asia Australia and New Zealandincluding many of the worlds largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.

With strong global momentum a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne Databricks and Google Cloud and a major fundraise on the horizon were scaling quickly toward long-term growth and IPO readiness. Join us as we define the future of SaaS security!

About the Role

At Obsidian we relentlessly pursue clarity in a landscape defined by complexity. Were looking for Security Research Engineers who thrive at the intersection of security research and product engineering. Youll dig deep into SaaS platforms craft high-impact product features and help shape the defensive strategies that protect our customers at scale.

This role is for someone who loves gaining a deep understanding of complex systems who enjoys thinking like an attacker and who wants to create category-leading security solutions for Obsidians customers.

What Youll Do

Gain an in-depth understanding of major SaaS or AI platforms to identify critical security insights.
Explore and prototype solutions to integrate data across SaaS and AI platforms to identify toxic combinations of risks that can lead to high blast-radius compromises.
Identify and respond to new attacker techniques against SaaS and AI platforms to build novel approaches to detect or mitigate future attacks.
Leverage AI to turbo-charge research into SaaS and AI platform security.

What Were Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

5-7 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry with either a research or data focus.
Experience with data pipelines (dbt dagster clickhouse).
Proficiency in Python/Go and SQL.
Experience with log processing and anomaly detection.
Fluency in using AI agents to assist in building prototype solutions.
Ability to analyze logs and signals from IdPs cloud or SaaS apps.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with core SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace Microsoft Office 365 Salesforce or Workday in a security context.
Strong understanding of identity systems (Okta Azure AD/Entra Google Workspace etc.) and authentication flows.

Why Join Us

Protect some of the worlds largest organizations
Become an expert in SaaS security by learning from the industrys leader.
Have a direct impact immediately and experience Silicon Valley pace from the UK.

Required Experience:

Founded in 2017 Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happensplatforms like Microsoft 365 Salesforce and hundreds more.Backed by top investors including Greylock Norwest Venture Partners and IVP weve built a complete SaaS security...