Sr. Security Researcher

Shape Security

Shape Security

Software Engineering

Seattle, WA, USA

Posted on May 15, 2026

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5, Inc. seeks Sr. Security Researcher in Seattle, WA:

Job Duties: Research web frameworks and servers to identify and understand emerging threats. Examine and replicate newly disclosed web application vulnerabilities. Focus on WAF (Web Application Firewall) evasion techniques to preemptively bypass our defenses before hackers can. Create innovative proof of concept solutions for advanced threats and continuously refining attack signatures, all in collaboration with development teams to enhance the WAF product using our research findings. Gather web security intelligence from blogs, forums, conferences, and academic papers. Build tools and infrastructure for analyzing attacks. Compose and distribute insights through blogs, reports, and presenting at security conventions. Periodically perform security efficacy assessments on a variety of products, including WAFs, API security solutions, application security scanners, and machine learning models, to verify and improve their defense capabilities. Telecommuting Permitted.

Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in job offered or two (2) years of experience in the field of software engineering, Program analysis or related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements:

Python Java JavaScript C C++ C# WAF (Web Application Firewall) HTTP protocol

Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable.

Salary: $133,600 - $200,400 per annum. Benefits: F5 offers competitive pay, 401k, and other benefits: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.

Submit a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at: PeopleOps@f5.com at Req.# L25-169707.

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You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.