Point Wild helps customers monitor, manage, and protect against the risks associated with their identities and personal information in a digital world. Backed by WndrCo, Warburg Pincus and General Catalyst, Point Wild is dedicated to creating the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. We're looking for a Mac Malware Researcher who will own end-to-end analysis of sophisticated macOS threats—from reverse engineering Mach-O binaries to developing detection strategies that ship directly into our security products. You'll sit at the intersection of threat research and engineering, collaborating closely with detection and product teams to harden coverage for 25 million+ users. Research macOS-specific persistence mechanisms—LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, cron jobs, login items—and study evasion techniques including notarization abuse, code signing misuse, and sandbox bypass attempts

Conduct advanced static and dynamic analysis, memory forensics, and behavioral analysis to track malware families, variants, and evolving attack techniques including zero-days

Write technical reports and threat intelligence documentation, and advocate for research findings through internal stakeholder briefings, external blogs, whitepapers, and industry conferences

Partner with detection engineering and product teams to translate research insights into measurable improvements in macOS security coverage

3–5 years of hands-on Mac malware analysis experience with demonstrated proficiency in reverse engineering tools including Hopper, IDA Pro, Ghidra, and LLDB

Proficiency in C, C++, Objective-C, and Swift, with working knowledge of shell scripting (bash, zsh) and Python
Proven experience creating YARA rules and generic/heuristic signatures with measurable detection outcomes
Strong understanding of networking, C2 communication patterns, and persistence techniques specific to macOS

Point Wild’s point solutions allow consumers to address their immediate cyber protection needs. Our mandate is to continuously anticipate our customers’ evolving digital security needs to create best-in-class solutions aimed at keeping them safe.

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination or harassment based on “protected categories,” Point Wild is committed to being an inclusive community where all feel welcome.

Cybersecurity Research Engineer

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