Security Research Internship
About CertiK
One of the fastest-growing and most trusted companies in blockchain security, CertiK is a true market leader. To date, CertiK has worked with over 3,200 enterprise clients, secured over $310 billion worth of digital assets, and has detected over 60,000 vulnerabilities in blockchain code. Our clients include leading projects such as Aave, Polygon, Yearn, and Chiliz. Backed by Insight Partners, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Coatue Management, Lightspeed, Advent International, SoftBank, Hillhouse Capital, Goldman Sachs, and others.
About the Role
We are seeking security research interns to join a top-notch security research team. We are working on a wide range of security research topics, including malware analysis, vulnerability detection, network anomaly detection, mobile app analysis, reverse engineering, and fraud detection. Multiple research tasks are ready to be explored.
Responsibilities
- Develop analysis tools to facilitate security discovery and design mitigation techniques to deter security threats.
- Review system implementation of sandbox, VM, network modules, and critical distributed systems.
- Perform vulnerability discovery and develop PoC exploits to large distributed system implementations.
- Publish research findings in related academic and industry venues.
Requirements
- Pursuing Masters or PhD in Computer Science or a Cybersecurity-related field.
- Experience in vulnerability discovery and exploitation on web applications or system software.
Preferred
- Experience in WASM or Rust/Go development is a plus.
- CTF experience is a plus.
Compensation
$3,000 – $8,000 per month (Full Time). The exact compensation at which this internship is filled will be determined by the skills and experience of qualified candidates.
