Akamai Technologies
5001 - 10000 employees
🔒 Cybersecurity
🏢 Enterprise
📱 Media
Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media
Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.
Principal Security Researcher – Enterprise Security Research
🕒 April 20
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Akamai Technologies
5001 - 10000 employees
🔒 Cybersecurity
🏢 Enterprise
📱 Media
Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media
Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.
📋 Description
• Leading end-to-end research projects - from idea generation, through discovery and exploitation, to publication • Conducting deep security research across operating systems, cloud environments, enterprise software, and emerging technologies • Developing proof-of-concepts and research tools • Leveraging AI to scale research workflow • Publishing research via technical blogs, whitepapers, and top-tier conferences • Collaborating with detection and product teams to translate research into security capabilities
🎯 Requirements
• Have 5+ years of experience in security research, vulnerability discovery, exploitation, or reverse engineering • Demonstrate a deep understanding of OS internals • Have hands-on experience with reverse engineering and debugging tools (e.g., IDA, Ghidra, WinDbg) and AI-assisted research tools • Be capable of independently leading complex research projects from concept to publication • Demonstrate exceptional analytical abilities and advanced problem-solving expertise. • Be able to communicate complex technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences • Have a track record of published research (e.g., blogs, CVEs, conference talks)
🏖️ Benefits
• Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavors
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