Point Wild

Point Wild

Point Wild specializes in providing comprehensive online security solutions, including consumer VPN and antivirus services, while also supporting businesses with tools to enhance customer retention and address data breaches.

Internet Software & Services

Description

  • Design detection systems that scan open-source packages and container images at scale for malicious behavior.
  • Hunt novel malicious packages, typosquats, dependency confusion attempts, compromised maintainers, and CI/CD abuse patterns.
  • Coordinate vulnerability disclosures with maintainers, foundations, registries, GitHub Security Advisories, and OSV.
  • Build internal tooling with static analysis and AI models to triage findings, summarize package diffs, and cluster related campaigns.
  • Publish technically rigorous blog posts about significant findings to establish thought leadership and community engagement.
  • Tune detection signals, reduce false positives, and develop countermeasures against sandbox evasion techniques.
  • Turn detection findings into actionable intelligence for customers and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of security research experience with published CVEs, GHSAs, or equivalent advisories.
  • Deep expertise in multiple vulnerability classes, including malicious packages, RCE, prototype pollution, deserialization, SSRF, auth bypasses, and CI/CD attack paths.
  • Experience designing and operating detection, scanning, or analysis pipelines at scale that run continuously and produce actionable signal.
  • Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Python, Go, or Rust.
  • Ability to read code across multiple languages, including JavaScript, Ruby, Java, and PHP.
  • Proven track record of writing high-quality technical blog posts quickly.
  • Hands-on experience using LLMs as research tools.
  • Contributions to OpenSSF, OSV, Sigstore, SLSA, or adjacent open source security projects are a plus.
  • Reverse engineering experience with obfuscated JavaScript droppers, packed binaries, or malicious post-install scripts is a plus.
  • Conference speaking experience at DEF CON, Black Hat, BSides, OffensiveCon, or Kaspersky SAS is a plus.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to solve real customer problems in a cybersecurity-focused company.
  • High impact role where individual contributions are visible and valued.
  • Fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with opportunities to learn new technologies, products, and markets.
  • Work with talented teammates in an inclusive culture where people matter.

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