Socket
Vulnerability Research Software Engineer
US, Canada
UTC-10 to UTC-3.5 $110k to $170k per year Full time
Mid level
- Where you can live
- Remote
- Working hours
- Overlap with UTC-10 to UTC-3.5
- Salary
- USD 110,000 to 170,000 per year
- Posted
- September 16, 2026
Summary from the posting
Join Socket to build and scale our patching infrastructure that delivers secure, vetted packages to developers worldwide. You’ll be at the forefront of supply chain security, creating patches for critical vulnerabilities and building the systems that help the entire open source ecosystem stay secure.
This role emphasizes deep software engineering expertise, especially in Rust and Unix environments. You'll tackle challenging CLI work, scoping, troubleshooting, and addressing edge cases across multiple package managers. This role combines engineering work with meaningful community impact that benefits the entire ecosystem.
This is a short summary. The full description, requirements and the application form are on Socket's own career page.