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New York, New York, United States
Hybrid
Job Description:
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a global technology and data company that builds verification, optimization, and analytics solutions for the advertising industry and we're looking for Reverse Engineers. Here at IAS, you will work with a diverse cast of peers distributed globally, with a focus on core values that are asserted by all employees from the top down. As an individual, you are encouraged to bring your true self to work everyday and leverage this along with your skillset to ensure the strongest possible contributions to products that protect our customers from fraudulent activity. In this role, you will be responsible for ongoing monitoring and surfacing of new threats in the digital advertising ecosystem. The Threat Lab has extensive interaction with large data sets (we monitor hundreds of thousands of transactions per second and collect tens of billions of events each day), fraudulent apps and programs, and malicious actors and campaigns. Responsibilities: ● Analyze and investigate mobile and connected TV apps, as well as potentially malicious desktop applications, in order to strengthen IAS fraud detection products, conceptualize stories, and produce research reporting. ● Partner with Marketing to drive publication and distribution of noteworthy stories coming from internal investigations. ● Apply business insight to research for C-Level thought leadership stories that define high level trends by industry, vertical or geographic area. ● Stay on top of emerging threats that could be first to market blogs. ● Deploy and manage virtual analysis infrastructure for a small team. ● Assist product management, data science, and development in product/solution planning and prioritization. ● Build and maintain a device farm to enable novel analysis of IoT apps. You should apply if your skills reflect most of: ● Bachelors or Master's degree in data science, computer science, computer engineering, digital forensics, cyber security, or security studies ● At least 3-5 years reverse engineering and/or direct malware analysis experience, including virtual analysis environments ● In depth knowledge of designing and maintaining virtual infrastructure to support a team of malware analysts (ESXi, VirtualBox, Fusion or equivalent) ● Strong background in mobile operating systems, rooting/jailbreaking, and remote device administration ● Proficiency in both static and dynamic analysis of mobile and CTV applications ● Knowledge of the Threat Landscape and familiarity with threat tracking, attribution, and reporting ● Fluency in analysis tools such as IDAPro, Ghidra, Kali Linux, Flare-VM, Wireshark, etc. ● Excellent analytical abilities and a strong ability to think creatively when approaching issues ● Strong interpersonal and presentation skills required – both oral and written, with the ability to educate others about complex technology/methodologies and clearly articulate business level benefits/impacts ● Strong verbal presentation and writing skills, including the demonstrated ability to write clear and concise text Skills that make you stand out: ● Programmatic ad ecosystem/AdTech experience strongly preferred ● AWS/GCP experience ● Knowledge or awareness of RISC-V ● Experience with typical obfuscation and cryptographic techniques ● Strong SQL skills, including building functions & procedures, writing complex queries, and using SQL as an investigative tool (Amazon Athena knowledge an extra bonus) ● Familiarity or fluency in Python (Pandas/Numpy) ● Strong data mining skills focusing on anomaly detection ● Ability to synthesize technical information about large datasets to communicate both qualitatively and quantitatively ● Ability to read/write Regex and YaraIAS Pay Transparency:
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location, and any additional locations are listed below. Our pay ranges are based on the work location. As part of IAS compensation package, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid time off, health insurance (medical, dental, vision) as well as PPO, HSA and FSA options and 401k with employer matching contributions. All full-time employee roles include competitive compensation and are eligible for an annual bonus and/or other incentive plans. Each candidate’s compensation package is based on multiple factors, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need.
Primary Location:
US - New York, NYPrimary Location Base Pay Range:
$116,900.00 - $200,400.00 Annual
About Integral Ad Science:
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS’s software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments, while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. For more information, visit integralads.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
IAS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to our diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. We strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, people with disabilities and veterans to apply.
California Applicant Pre-Collection Notice:
We collect personal information (PI) from you in connection with your application for employment or engagement with IAS, including the following categories of PI: identifiers, personal records, commercial information, professional or employment or engagement information, non-public education records, and inferences drawn from your PI. We collect your PI for our purposes, including performing services and operations related to your potential employment or engagement. For additional details or if you have questions, contact us at compliance@integralads.com.
Attention agency/3rd party recruiters: IAS does not accept any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles. If you are interested in becoming an IAS recruiting partner, please send an email introducing your company to recruitingagencies@integralads.com. We will get back to you if there's interest in a partnership.
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