Senior Security Researcher, HUMAN
$135-165k
Bot mitigation & fraud detection platform
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Bot mitigation & fraud detection platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$135-165k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To protect the integrity of the digital world by ensuring that every interaction, transaction, and connection is authentic, secure, and human.
Role
Who you are
- You’re passionate about finding bad actors and disrupting their techniques :)
- You are knowledgeable on the mechanics of fraud and abuse within Ad Tech and the programmatic ecosystem OR are knowledgeable on the cybersecurity threat landscape
- You have extensive knowledge of how the internet operates, a clear understanding of DNS, TCP/HTTP/TLS network protocols, and the capabilities of javascript signal collection. You’re willing to dig into the details of source code
- Proven experience in scripting languages (Python and JavaScript). Bonus Points for SQL
- You are a curious, adaptable person who is always thinking out of the box that wants to apply your knowledge to always do the right thing
- You are intrigued by the adversarial game, discovering new threats, and rapid experimentation
- You have a strong sense of ownership which drives you to find ways to do things better, faster, and leaner; you hold yourself accountable for the quality and accuracy of your work
- You are passionate about learning and growing your skillset and the skillset of those around you
- You have knowledge on how to use AI tools effectively or improve, automate, and “agent-ize” existing processes
- You are comfortable juggling different projects as priorities change
What the job involves
- Lead the development of product features and detection capabilities, such as payload signal collection and launch ad fraud detection techniques utilizing those signals in order to identify different forms of Invalid Traffic (IVT) in mobile and desktop environments
- Facilitate research into new and emerging threat models within the Ad Tech Ecosystem, as well as new environments and types of advertising that are potential vectors of abuse. For example, by finding new days to detect tools like Selenium, Playwright, or Puppeteer
- Answer the technical questions, such as: How is an actor obfuscating the redirect between one page to another? How is a data center pretending to be a desktop browser? Which page elements are being tampered with and why? What javascript evidence can we find that automation was occurring?
- Keep up on industry standards, techniques, cybersecurity trends, and tools adversaries might use to circumvent detection or mitigation
- Red team, experiment, and develop new tactics for various kinds of fraud and to bypass our detection, no need to wait for an attack to be discovered and used by adversaries first
- Regularly up-level the broader team’s knowledge of signals and techniques useful for identification of invalid traffic, ad fraud, or automation, such as by leading signal sharing sessions with the rest of the team
Our take
HUMAN develops threat intelligence software to detect and nullify online bots imitating humans. The company has been in operation since 2011, but was originally known as White Ops until Goldman Sachs acquired it in 2020.
It’s estimated that enterprises lose around 5% of their annual online revenue because of bot fraud, which makes up a vast majority of all internet attacks. Skyrocketing bot traffic online since 2020 has led to a massive uptick in demand for services like HUMAN's, and the company now counts the likes of Adobe and Yahoo as customers.
HUMAN has established itself as a leader in its market, operating on five continents. With the Goldman Sachs acquisition and strong funding at its back, the company is showing no signs of slowing down. It has continued to bolster its position by merging with web app safeguarding business PerimeterX, as well as acquiring anti-malvertising leader clean.io. In 2024 it announced a string of new leadership hires amidst accelerated investment in the public sector.
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Insights
43% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$50m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2022
$100m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $181m
Company benefits
- Work and Life, Not Work or Life: At HUMAN, we offer flexible work, generous time off, and a culture that values rest so you can grow your career and live your life fully.
- HUMAN Days : At HUMAN, we believe in making a meaningful impact beyond our work. HUMAN Days give our team dedicated time to give back, support their communities , and act with purpose. Being HUMAN means leading with humanity—inside and outside of work.
- Investing in You: Competitive pay, equity, benefits and perks to support you. Grow with HUMAN, tackle new challenges, and help make the internet safer for all.
- Wellness Stipend: Your well-being matters. Our annual wellness stipend supports your physical or mental health, your way.
- Remote, Hybrid, Human: From Zoom calls to hallway chats, we’re remote and hybrid. It’s not where you work—it’s how you show up that counts.
- Never Stop Learning: We believe in growth. Our yearly stipend supports your development – upskilling, reskilling, or deepening what you do best.
Company HQ
Ukrainian Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Tamer Hassan
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Former pilot & officer in the United States Air Force. Founder & former CEO at big data analytics company, Compel Data Technologies.
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