Security Researcher

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Mar 31, 2027

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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As a Security Researcher within the FORGE Lab, you will join the Microsoft Security organization to advance autonomous security engineering by merging offensive security research with frontier AI capabilities. You will work on systems like MDASH, a multi-model agentic vulnerability discovery platform designed to autonomously identify, validate, and prove exploitable vulnerabilities in software. Your daily responsibilities include conducting cutting-edge research to analyze vulnerabilities across products, cloud services, and open-source ecosystems, while designing scalable automation and AI-driven research tooling. You will perform offensive security assessments to identify emerging threat patterns and systemic weaknesses. Key required skills include experience in the software development lifecycle, threat analysis, vulnerability research, and anomaly detection. This role addresses the technical challenge of accelerating vulnerability triage and remediation through automated exploit generation and large-scale software ecosystem protection.

Skills

Vulnerability Research Offensive Security Exploit Development Reverse Engineering AI Threat Analysis Anomaly Detection Software Development Lifecycle Large-scale Computing Capture The Flag (CTF)

What you'll do

Conduct security research to discover, validate, and analyze vulnerabilities in Microsoft products and cloud services.
Design and develop scalable automation and AI-driven systems to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation.
Lead offensive security assessments to identify emerging threat patterns and novel attack techniques.
Build systems for autonomous vulnerability discovery, validation, and exploit generation.
Drive vulnerability mitigation and improve security posture across large-scale software ecosystems.
Publish high-quality technical findings and influence open-source projects.

What we're looking for

Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field and 1+ year(s) of relevant experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field and 2+ years of relevant experience.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
Ability to pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks.
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field and 3+ years of relevant experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field and 5+ years of relevant experience (preferred).
Demonstrated experience in vulnerability research, exploit development, reverse engineering, or offensive security research (preferred).
Participation in recognized security competitions or research programs like CTF, AIxCC, or Pwn2Own (preferred).

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