Description

Silverfort is on a mission to bring identity security everywhere – to every human, machine, and AI agent, both on-prem and in the cloud. Our unique technology secures identities & access at runtime, in ways that weren’t possible before. With the broadest identity security platform in the market, trusted by more than 1,000 customers, including many Fortune 100 companies, Silverfort is uniquely positioned to lead the fast-growing identity security category.

Joining Silverfort means becoming part of a fast-moving team with a culture of innovation and collaboration that goes above and beyond to help our customers and each other on a journey to reshape the future of identity security.

We are looking for an Innovation Engineer to join us. In this role, you will research and build exciting new technologies, tackling complex and unique challenges to help Silverfort expand into new areas and develop new products. This role is intended for all-doers, those with the imagination to see the big picture and the expertise to build it.

Responsibilities

• Learn emerging technologies and threats 
• Build proofs of concept
• Research and invent new products and technologies - Be the startup inside the startup 
• Work closely with the development and product teams - Help the product team with current and new ideas, participate in brainstorms, and research the ideas that have come up. Help the development team integrate and develop your ideas into the product, and help them tackle hard problems 
• Handle unique ad-hoc problems coming from other areas of the company or from customers, with the end goal of turning their problems into new solutions
  
  

Requirements

• Passion! Love building stuff, work hard on the frontier, breathe cybersecurity, fail, and keep going
• At least 4+ years of experience in research and/or development
• Strong proficiency in Python, JS, Rust, or another programming language
• Have the ability to test your ideas and build proofs of concept
• Broad knowledge and instinct in information security, with a strong grasp of security practices, common vulnerabilities, and effective defenses across both on-prem and web solutions.
• Extensive expertise in web technologies with a deep understanding of web architecture, including SaaS concepts and the interactions between user, client, frontend, and backend within web applications.
• Experience in machine learning or AI technologies - an advantage
• Good communication skills, ability to explain and simplify complex ideas
• Feel comfortable with cloud services such as Azure/Okta/AWS/Cloudflare - a big advantage