Malware Research Engineer

Here at Malwarebytes, we believe that when you’re free from threats, you’re free to thrive. It all started in 2008 with one person who needed help with a malware infection, and a community coming together to find solutions. In that moment in time a product was born for all people, with a mission to rid the world of malware. Our product has since grown and evolved, from removing malware, to protecting devices, to ever-changing prevention.

ThreatDown, the corporate business unit of Malwarebytes, is redefining cybersecurity for growing businesses with solutions that stop ransomware, malware, phishing, and AI‑powered attacks. Our platform is trusted, intuitive, and built for lean IT teams that need speed without complexity. At ThreatDown, you’ll join a team driven by innovation, resilience, and a passion for empowering businesses to thrive securely. If you're ready to make a real impact in cybersecurity, we’d love to meet you.

ThreatDown is looking for...

We are looking for a passionate Malware Research Engineer to join our research and development team in Perugia, Italy. We want somebody with the real passion of defending the cyberworld, finding new malware, digging into what they do and help protecting our customers by writing detection signatures as well as contributing to protection technologies. It’s more than a job, it is a mission. On‑site availability is strongly preferred.

What You Will Do

• Process daily threat‑feeds, related to newly created malware and write detection rules for various technologies.
• Investigate and resolve customer related inquiries related to protection, performance, and usability.
• Conduct research and threat hunting for the latest cyber‑web threats affecting our customers.
• Provide feedback on new projects and syntaxes/tools being developed that involve your daily work and suggest ideas how to handle different threat types.
• Support content creation efforts including threat descriptions, blogs, and presentations.

Skills You’ll Need To Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Ability to setup and conduct malware research and analysis in an emulated or virtual environment, such as VMWare, VirtualBox or Hyper‑V.
• Experience with and understanding of malware research tools involved in static and dynamic analysis, as well as core aspects of a threat research & response team.
• Experience using various operating systems - Windows, Linux, MacOS are needed.
• Ability to research and classify malicious domains and IPs.
• Good experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++ and Assembly.
• Ability and passion to stay up to date with the latest threat landscape changes and collaborate with other researchers, coordinators, as well as developers.
• Highly developed sense of integrity and demonstrated passion for excellence with respect to treating and caring for customers.
• Creative thinking and problem solving, with a positive and motivated approach.
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative attitude.

Perks & Benefit

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness programs
• 401k and employer matching for (US Employees)
• Comprehensive Time Off policy
• An opportunity to do something great for yourself and the world!

(Benefits and Perks subject to change by country/region)

Legal Language

(US Employees Only)

Applicants Have Rights Under The Federal Employment Laws

• Employee Polygraph Protection Act
• Know Your Rights: Discrimination is Illegal
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

This is to affirm our policy of providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Our company will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status regarding public assistance. We will ensure that all our employment practices are free of discrimination. Such employment practices include, but are not limited to, the following: hiring, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, selection, layoff, disciplinary action, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticeship. We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities whenever possible.

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