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Piper Companies is seeking an Android Security Engineer to support a leading global security software company. The role involves conducting reverse engineering, security assessments, and code reviews. The goal is to develop static and dynamic signatures for mobile code to detect application user threats, including malware and PUPs. The application opening date is 5/9/2025, and applications will be accepted for at least 30 days from this date.

This position is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week in San Jose, California.

Responsibilities of the Android Security Engineer include:

• Reverse engineering and assessing risks and user harm from potentially harmful applications.
• Conducting static and dynamic analysis.
• Providing assessments and evidence to support findings.
• Assessing detection and analysis gaps and enabling scalable enforcement through detection rules.

Qualifications for the Android Security Engineer include:

• Fundamentals of reverse engineering, including static analysis (decompilation, disassembly, code auditing) and dynamic analysis (debugging, monitoring, fuzzing).
• Sample tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Radare2, Jadx, Fernflower, Smali, Baksmalu, ADB, JDWP, Android Studio, Bluestack, Frida, Wireshark, Cyberchef, interception, Yara, Snort.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Java/Kotlin, scripting, JavaScript, encoding/decoding, encryption, and decryption.
• Understanding of Android fundamentals, including permissions, manifest, entry points, broadcast receivers, exported activities, services, subclasses, and the Dalvik/ART virtual machine.

Compensation:

• Salary ranges from $140,000 to $175,000, or $67/hr to $83/hr.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401K, PTO, sick leave, and holidays.

Keywords: Reverse, hack, hacking, hacker, firmware, cybersecurity, droid, APK, SDK, forensic, forensics, iOS, Swift, Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, command line.

Additional details:

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: Business Consulting and Services

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