Security Researcher II (WAF)
Safe Security1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Implement, fine-tune, and automate WAF products.
- Use LLMs for automation engineering and security research, including parsing advisories, generating mappings, and building agentic workflows.
- Apply HTTP knowledge, Python, and APIs to security research and automation tasks.
- Document technical findings clearly for research and customer success teams.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
Requirements
- M.Tech, B.Tech, B.E., or BCA in Computer Science or Information Technology.
- Hands-on experience implementing, fine-tuning, and building automations for WAF products.
- Strong understanding of the HTTP protocol.
- Proficiency in Python or a similar language and experience working with REST APIs.
- Experience effectively using LLMs for automation engineering and research.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and technical documentation skills.
- Vendor WAF certification is preferred.
- Contributions to open-source tools or published research are preferred.
Benefits
- Meaningful equity ownership.
- Unlimited leave.
- Medical insurance and wellness benefits.
- Career advancement opportunities in a rapidly growing company.
About Safe Security
Safe Security builds an AI-driven cyber risk quantification and management platform used by CISOs, GRC, and third-party risk teams to measure and prioritize enterprise, vendor, and AI-related risks. It sells its software to large enterprises as a subscription service, integrating with security and business systems to produce board-level, dollar-based risk insights. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is privately held.