Senior Offensive Security Researcher — Android Chromium Sandbox Security
Job Description
Description:
We are seeking an expert offensive security researcher to conduct advanced vulnerability research and security testing focused on Chromium/Chrome on Android, with an emphasis on sandbox security. The role centers on identifying high-impact flaws across process isolation, IPC surfaces, and privileged service, and producing rigorous technical analysis, high-quality reproducers, and actionable remediation insights.
Responsibilities:
· Perform deep vulnerability research in Chromium (Android) with focus on sandbox and isolation failures.
· Identify vulnerabilities and security weaknesses in:
o Sandbox policy and broker interfaces
o Mojo IPC surfaces (interface misuse, validation gaps, lifetime/ownership issues)
o Browser process services and privileged components
o Chrome-on-Android integration layers (JNI, service interactions, Android-specific glue code)
· Develop minimal, reliable reproducers and PoCs
· Conduct exploitability and impact analysis
· Build and maintain research tooling:
o fuzzing harnesses and targets
o crash triage automation, repro minimization, regression testing
o patch diffing and variant analysis workflows
· Track upstream Chromium security-relevant changes and help assess risk and priority across versions.
Required Qualifications:
· Strong track record in finding security vulnerabilities in large C/C++ codebases (Chromium-scale preferred).
· Solid understanding of Chromium architecture on Android:
o multi-process model (renderer/browser/GPU/network/service processes)
o sandbox model and privilege separation concepts on Android
o Mojo IPC concepts (interfaces, bindings, serialization, validation, object lifetimes)
· Hands-on experience with ARM64 Android debugging and analysis:
o crash triage, root cause analysis, minimizing repros
o familiarity with modern hardening constraints (ASLR, CFI variants, PAC/BTI where relevant)
· Proficiency in C/C++ and a scripting language (Python preferred) for automation/tooling.