Abuse Research Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will conduct hypothesis-driven threat-hunting operations across internal telemetry and external sources to identify fraud tools, tactics, and techniques. You will apply and enrich the FT3 taxonomy, integrate threat intelligence into engineering workflows, translate research into actionable controls, and use agentic testing to simulate adversaries and validate protections.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in threat intelligence, threat hunting, or technical incident response
• 5+ years of experience analyzing complex datasets using data analytics tools
• Expert proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience automating workflows, building investigative tools, or querying big-data pipelines
• Experience with log analysis, digital forensics, and cyber-investigation methodologies
• Ability to translate technical research into actionable recommendations and advisories

Responsibilities

• Conduct iterative threat-hunting operations across systems and external data
• Apply and enrich the FT3 framework across datasets and incidents
• Integrate, curate, and automate threat feeds into engineering workflows
• Translate research findings into threat advisories and control recommendations
• Use agentic testing to simulate adversary tactics, validate controls, and create regression scenarios

Benefits

• Equity
• Company bonus or sales commissions or bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Wellness stipends