Mobile Security Researcher

Fingerprint empowers developers to stop online fraud at the source.

We work on turning radical new ideas in the fraud detection space into reality. Our products are developer-focused and our clients range from solo developers to publicly traded companies. We are a globally dispersed, 100% remote company with a strong open-source focus. Our flagship open-source project is FingerprintJS (20K stars on GitHub).

We have raised $77M and are backed by Craft Ventures (previously invested in Tesla, Facebook, Airbnb ), Nexus Venture Partners (previously invested in Postman, Apollo.io, MinIO, Druva) and Uncorrelated Ventures (previously invested in Redis, Rollbar & Gradle).

We’re looking for a Mobile Researcher to continuously enhance our capabilities in mobile fraud prevention, ensuring ongoing relevance in the market, develope and improve signals for the native Android mobile SDK, with potential extension to iOS if the candidate is capable.

Responsibilities:

• Extracting raw info from Android platform using developer APIs (potentially iOS as well, if a candidate has relevant experience).
• Applying your expertise to actively innovate and make our fraud prevention products/SDKs/APIs better and more secure. 
• Collaborating with the Web researchers to investigate findings in mobile browsers. 
• Working on tasks which are prioritized according to business needs.
• Exploring competitors’ fraud prevention products and analyzing/comparing its fraud-prevention capabilities.
• Documenting findings and writing non-production PoC code.

Requirements:

• Background or education in security.
• Hacking mindset or keen interest in security and fraud prevention
• Strong grasp of Android/mobile tech and security concepts.
• Experience in reverse-engineering or similar research projects.
• iOS/macOS experience is appreciated but not mandatory.

If you possess the required qualifications and are passionate about pushing the boundaries of web platform research, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation Range (US Based)

$170,000 - $210,000

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all US based roles based on function, level and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above. 

Offers vary depending on, but not limited to, relevant experience, education, certifications/licenses, skills, training, and market conditions. 

Due to regulatory and security reasons, there’s a small number of countries where we cannot have Fingerprint teammates based. Additionally, because Fingerprint is an all-remote company and people can join our workforce from almost any country, we do not sponsor visas. Fingerprint teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location.

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace and celebrate the unique experiences, perspectives and cultural backgrounds that each employee brings to our workplace. Fingerprint strives to foster an environment where our employees feel respected, valued and empowered, and our team members are at the forefront in helping us promote and sustain an inclusive workplace. We highly encourage people from underrepresented groups in tech to apply.

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