Junior Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer
Clarity Innovations · Remote
Posted 23 days ago · $90,000 - $218,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 23 days Clarity Innovations's roles stay open a median of 34 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 85% of Clarity Innovations's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Clarity Innovations
- high 20 stale, 1 reposted of 46 open
- Hiring momentum
- 75 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Clarity Innovations's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Clarity Innovations.
About this role
In this role, you will be part of the Security Research team, focusing on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across various systems. Your daily tasks will involve performing static and dynamic analysis, utilizing reverse engineering tools, and developing exploits based on your findings. You will also communicate your research results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and mentor fellow researchers.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Clarity Innovations as an employer.
What you need
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience participating in CTFs, hackathons, or other cyber competitions
- Experience with Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA or other reverse engineering/disassembler tools
- Experience working in Linux fundamentals
- Ability to read and write C and assembly languages
Nice to have
- Currently possess a Top Secret security clearance
- OS and kernel reverse engineering
- Understanding of fuzzers such as AFL++ or libfuzzer
- Understanding of common exploit mitigation mechanisms
- Strong understanding of dynamic analysis with gdb/gdbserver
What you get
- Salary Range: $90,000 - $218,000
Worth weighing
- Only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances
- The role requires strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical partners
- The position involves working on complex national security challenges which may be high-pressure
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Listed by Clarity Innovations on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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