Truffle Security Co. · 4 hours ago
Security Researcher
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $190K/yr
3+ years expTruffle Security is dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity through open source tools and community support. The Security Research Engineer will bridge the gap between security research and production engineering, focusing on building and maintaining infrastructure for data pipelines and LLM-based tooling.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Take full ownership of the research data pipeline, ensuring that data is ingested, processed, and utilized efficiently to fuel our detection engines and research projects
Design and implement agentic workflows that leverage LLMs and other ML concepts for complex reasoning, multi-step tool-use, and autonomous security research tasks
Act as the engineering backbone for our security research efforts, translating complex research concepts into scalable, functional tools
Support the Principal Research Engineer in delivering high-priority projects, providing the engineering muscle needed to accelerate our research roadmap
Qualification
Required
3–5 Years of Software Engineering Experience: A strong foundation in general software engineering, with a track record of building reliable, maintainable systems
Data Pipeline Expertise: Proven experience running and optimizing data pipelines, ideally within the context of detection engineering or security analytics
Intermediate AWS Knowledge: Intermediate experience deploying and maintaining research-focused resources on AWS
Experience Building Production AI Tooling: Direct experience moving LLM-based projects from the PoC stage into a stable production environment
Security Literacy: Intermediate knowledge of application security and offensive security principles (understanding how attackers operate)
Ownership & Ego-less Collaboration: You are comfortable owning entire projects from end-to-end but approach collaboration with a 'no-ego' mindset
Reliability: You are known for being thorough and ensuring that your work is dependable and robust
Rapid Prototyping: An ability to build and iterate quickly, balancing speed with the thoroughness required for security-sensitive work
AI-First Mindset: A deep interest in AI/ML with a commitment to high-quality output
Preferred
Presentation Skills: Experience or interest in presenting research findings or technical work to the broader security community
Secrets Experience: Prior experience working with secrets management, secret scanning, or related security disciplines
Open Source Contributor: A history of contributing to or maintaining open-source security tools
Benefits
Fully remote within the U.S.
A culture of mentorship, equity, and psychological safety
Competitive salary & meaningful equity
Flexible paid time off
14 paid holidays
Comprehensive health benefits
Remote work stipend
Health & wellness stipend
Learning & development stipend
401(k) match
100% remote + company off-sites
Company
Truffle Security Co.
Our team of career security experts are dedicated to building robust and intelligent software that helps you protect your information.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$40MKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz,Intel Capital
2025-11-06Series B· $25M
2021-12-08Series A· $15M
Leadership Team
Dustin Decker
Co-Founder
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