Senior Security Researcher

About Us

Zenity is the first and only holistic platform built to secure and govern AI Agents from buildtime to runtime. We help organizations defend against security threats, meet compliance, and drive business productivity. Trusted by many of the world’s F500 companies, Zenity provides centralized visibility, vulnerability assessments, and governance by continuously scanning business-led development environments. We recently raised $38 million in Series B funding, solidifying our position as a leader in the industry and enabling us to accelerate our mission to secure AI Agents everywhere.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Security Researcher to drive end-to-end research initiatives that strengthen Zenity’s detection capabilities. In this role, you’ll investigate emerging attack surfaces, craft and implement innovative detection logic, and test your findings in real-world environments. It’s a hands-on position ideal for someone eager to transform research insights into effective, production-grade security defenses.

Responsibilities

• Research AI Agent and LLM-related risks, such as prompt injection and jailbreaking and implement sophisticated detection strategies.
• Conduct research on cloud, web, and API security to uncover new threats and attack vectors.
• Develop, refine, and design world-class detection logic and rules to enhance Zenity's runtime protection.
• Perform threat-hunting activities across large data sources to identify emerging attack patterns
• Drive full-cycle research: from hypothesis and experimentation to production validation.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to deliver actionable insights.

• 4+ years in security research, including cloud, web, or API security.
• Experience in detection engineering and building or working with detection-driven security products.
• Strong coding and data analytics skills in scripting and programming languages such as Python, JavaScript and bash, and proficiency with SQL-like queries.
• Solid grasp of security principles, cloud security, and runtime defense.
• Curiosity, creativity, and a self-driven approach to research.
• Experience tinkering with LLMs and AI security - a strong plus.