Staff threat Research engineer at Weekday AI

, , India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Threat Research & Detection, Cloud & SaaS Security, CSPM, DSPM, ASPM, Python, Automation, Security Analytics, API-driven Security Engineering

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Min Experience: 9 years Location: India JobType: full-time We are seeking a Staff Threat Research Engineer with deep expertise in cloud and SaaS security to drive advanced threat research, detection engineering, and security innovation. This role is ideal for a senior practitioner who combines strong security fundamentals with hands-on engineering, automation, and research capabilities across modern cloud-native environments. Key Responsibilities Lead threat research and detection engineering across cloud, SaaS, and application security domains (CSPM, DSPM, ASPM, or related areas). Analyze emerging threats, attack techniques, and misconfigurations impacting cloud-native and SaaS platforms. Design and develop security detections, analytics, and research-driven content to improve threat visibility and response. Harden SaaS deployments by identifying security gaps and recommending best-practice controls. Build automation and tooling using scripting languages to scale threat detection and security analysis. Work with API-driven systems to enable security automation and advanced product capabilities. Analyze large datasets using SQL and big data platforms to uncover security signals and anomalous behavior. Collaborate with product, engineering, and security teams to translate research insights into scalable security solutions. Contribute to thought leadership, technical documentation, and security research initiatives. Required Skills & Experience 9+ years of experience in security research, threat detection, or cloud security engineering. Strong foundation in information security, with a preference for SaaS and cloud-first environments. Hands-on experience with CSPM, DSPM, ASPM, or similar security domains. Proficiency in Python, Shell scripting, or similar languages for automation and rapid prototyping. Strong knowledge of public cloud security architectures and services. Experience working with databases (SQL) and large-scale data platforms such as Spark or BigQuery. Exposure to API-based automation and modern product-driven security solutions. Skills Threat Research & Detection Cloud & SaaS Security CSPM / DSPM / ASPM Python & Automation Security Analytics API-driven Security Engineering

Responsibilities

The Staff Threat Research Engineer will lead threat research and detection engineering across cloud, SaaS, and application security domains. They will analyze emerging threats and design security detections to improve threat visibility and response.