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# Software Exploitation Engineer

- **Company:** STACKPIERCER LABS, LLC
- **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Static Program Analysis, Cyber Security, Linux, Dynamic Program Analysis, Fuzz Testing, Python (Programming Language), Kernel Debuggers, Scrum Methodology, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, WinDBg, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** May 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f052290198f932f2

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software engineering?, Stackpiercer Labs is seeking a skilled and motivated exploit researcher and developer with an active TS/SCI clearance and full-scope polygraph (preferred) or CI poly with sufficient experience (min 5+ years of combined VR or exploit dev). This role invites career-oriented researchers and exploit developers to team with industry experts tackling the industry's hardest problems. This position presents the opportunity to engineer tangible contributions to mission-critical tasks, discover new vulnerabilities in widely used software, and guide the development process of turning those vulnerabilities into working exploits., Expert proficiency in C/C++ and Python
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Expert proficiency in one of the following platforms: Windows, Linux//Unix, Android
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Proficiency with assembly (x86/x64/arm/aarch64)
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Familiarity with modern software engineering practices (Scrum, Agile etc.)
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Expert knowledge of cyber security systems, including networking, kernels, security subsystems (DEP, ASLR, ROP), etc.
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Fundamental understanding of Vulnerability Research concepts (fuzzing, static analysis, dynamic analysis)

Desired Skills
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Ability to coordinate with customers, interpret and negotiate requirements, and communicate effectively with product stakeholders
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Proficiency with modern vulnerability discovery and analysis toolkits, such as mutation, evolutionary, and taint fuzzers, instrumentation based fuzzing, and symbolic or solver-based fuzzing
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Proficiency in a wide variety of real-world vulnerability development, such as the creation of PoCs of RCEs, LPEs, sandbox escapes, kernel security defeats, etc.
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Advanced proficiency in Reverse Engineering and associated toolkits (Ghidra, IDA, Binary Ninja)
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Advanced proficiency in application and kernel debugging, and associated toolkits (Windbg, gdb, etc)
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Familiarity with taking proofs of concept and productizing them into working exploits
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Familiarity with advanced Vulnerability Research topics such as symbolic execution, concolic execution, and automated tooling to conduct static analysis.



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