Security Researcher
Blockaid is an onchain security company providing real-time protection against scams, fraud, exploits, and compliance risks. Its platform serves financial institutions, protocols, wallets, exchanges, banks, asset managers, and end users through monitoring, transaction security, fraud prevention, and policy enforcement products.
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About Blockaid
Blockaid operates an onchain security platform that combines direct wallet and dApp integrations, transaction screening, threat intelligence, onchain monitoring, detection, and automated response. Its products protect transactions, addresses, tokens, dApps, smart contracts, wallets, infrastructure, and operational workflows. Blockaid serves Web3 wallets, dApps, protocols, exchanges, banks, fintechs, payment providers, asset managers, and trading firms, offering APIs, SDKs, and dedicated engineering support.
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About the Role
Lead in-depth research into emerging blockchain threats and vulnerabilities. Study blockchain protocols, smart contracts, and decentralized applications; analyze security vulnerabilities; collaborate with engineering to integrate detection capabilities into on-chain systems; create proof-of-concept exploits and simulations; and stay current with emerging information-security threats and technologies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in security research.
- 3+ years of experience in Python, Rust, or Go.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify patterns and dissect complex problems.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex security issues clearly.
- Self-motivated and eager to learn new technologies and methodologies.
- Practical experience with blockchain and smart contract security.
- Knowledge of cryptography fundamentals relevant to blockchain.
- Practical experience solving data-driven challenges.
- Legal right to work in Israel without visa sponsorship.
- This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-depth security research on blockchain protocols, smart contracts, and decentralized applications.
- Identify and analyze security vulnerabilities, exploits, and attack vectors in Web3 protocols.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to integrate detection capabilities into the on-chain exploit detection system.
- Create proof-of-concept exploits and simulations to test and validate threat scenarios.
- Stay current with emerging threats, new technologies, and industry best practices in information security.