Location:
Paris (75002) | Hybrid (2 days remote/week)
About Escape
Join Escape, a fast-growing leader in AI-powered cybersecurity. Our mission-driven engineering team (18 engineers, 4 technical leads, 3 product owners) is dedicated to redefining application security with cutting-edge detection and automation. Led by CEO Tristan Kalos and CTO Antoine Carossio, we operate at the forefront of technology and research from our Paris office.
About The Role
As the Lead Security Researcher, you will guide and mentor a team of 3 talented security researchers. You’ll set technical direction, champion innovation, and ensure research translates into impactful production solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role where your expertise will accelerate our AI-driven detection capabilities and make a tangible impact on the future of automated security.
What You'll Do
- Drive Vulnerability Research: Identify and develop new classes of vulnerabilities and pioneering detection techniques across web apps, APIs, and modern architectures.
- Innovate Detection Algorithms: Design, evaluate, and refine detection algorithms focused on high signal quality, accuracy, performance, and minimizing false positives.
- Turn Research into Impact: Translate research insights into robust, scalable detection logic for large-scale automated scanning.
- Balance Performance and Coverage: Assess trade-offs between scanner coverage, accuracy, and execution efficiency to deliver high-performance solutions at scale.
- Cross-Team Integration: Collaborate closely with the Scanners and Platform teams to ensure research is seamlessly integrated into production systems.
Our Tech Stack & Focus
- Languages: C/C++, Go, Rust (production); scripting for prototyping
- Research Domains: Vulnerability discovery, detection algorithm design, large-scale automated analysis
- Integration: Deep collaboration with engineering teams delivering high-performance, scalable scanners
Perks & Benefits
- 💸 Significant equity (Stock Options/BSPCE) – become a core stakeholder in Escape’s journey
- ❤️🩹 Top-tier health insurance with Alan
- 🍕 Meal vouchers with Swile
- 💪 EGYM Wellpass sport subscription
- 📚 Continuous learning: budgets for books and online courses
- 💻 Premium equipment to support your work
- 🎁 Dedicated time for open-source projects
- 🌍 Present research at top international conferences (RSAC, BlackHat, DEFCON, BSides, APIDays)
About You
- 5+ years in security research or R&D (ideally product/applied focus)
- Deep expertise in at least one area of security or computer science (e.g. web security, program analysis, protocols, compilers, networking)
- Broad computer science fundamentals and cross-domain reasoning
- Skilled in at least one compiled language (C/C++, Go, Rust)
- Proven track record of moving research from concept to impactful, measurable outcomes
- Strong analytical mindset, intellectual curiosity, and high standards for rigor
- Comfortable collaborating with engineers to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions
Ready to lead the next wave of AI-powered vulnerability detection? Apply now to join Escape and make a real impact in cybersecurity!
