Threat Researcher
- Where you can live
- United States
- Working hours
- Overlap with UTC-10 to UTC-5
- Salary
- USD 126,000 to 170,000 per year
- Posted
- December 23, 2025
Summary from the posting
Socket is looking for a Threat Researcher to join our growing Threat Intelligence Team. In this role, you’ll tackle cutting-edge threats in the software supply chain, leveraging our proprietary AI-based scanner and building tools to enhance malware analysis. You’ll secure open source ecosystems, strengthen threat detection across multiple programming languages, and conduct research that helps protect developers and organizations worldwide. This is not an entry-level position. This is a hands-on role for someone passionate about threat hunting, security research, automation, and turning insights into actionable defenses.
This is a short summary. The full description, requirements and the application form are on Socket's own career page.