Careers
We’re redefining malware threat analytics. Sound intriguing?
At Threatray, we took on a big challenge: transform the field of large-scale malware threat analytics. And we’re succeeding.
Uniquely equipped to make an impact
Our team has novel insights into cyber-threat defense. And our leading edge technology—powered by machine learning, big data and automated analysis—is changing the way malware analysts work to protect their organizations.
Threatray is young, but it’s built on a solid foundation and backed by an exceptional group of investors and advisors. We’re based in Switzerland but our impact is expanding globally.
Ready to redefine your career trajectory? We’d like to hear from you.
We’re always seeking skilled threat analysts, data scientists and software engineers with a commitment to teamwork and practical innovation.
Current Job Openings
Senior Malware Intelligence Analyst
About the Position
Location: Remote or Switzerland
Threatray operates a deep code indexing and search engine. We use the code search engine to build user facing features such as malware identification and classification which truly delivers on the promises of code reuse analysis. We are also using the search engine to build novel malware intelligence capabilities as well as features that enable malware reverse engineering through clustering of samples, function level retro-hunting and others.
As a member of our growing threat intel team, you’ll be given access to the full power of our capabilities and data sets to analyze and hunt malware. Our analyst- facing capabilities include unique retro-hunting features as well as reverse engineering / code analysis techniques that allow you to analyze malware clusters at scale.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and research malware threats and actors, especially including the evolution of malware families, to discover new and unknown threats and to keep our classification and detection capabilities up to date.
- Influence the threat intelligence and product roadmap of the company.
- Closely collaborate with the software development team and advise them on malware analysis related tasks.
- Publish technical reports, analysis insights, and novel findings in blog posts, Tweets, etc.
- Generate ideas for new features or feature improvements of our core technology and the customer facing product; write specifications for those features.
- Represent Threatray at various conferences and speaking events.
The candidate
Minimum qualifications:
- Demonstrated high level of drive, independence and strong analytical skills.
- 5+ years of experience in a relevant role or environment.
- Deep understanding of malware techniques and capabilities, the malware threat landscape and the most prevalent malware families.
- Demonstrated static and dynamic malware analysis and reverse engineering skills using state of the art tools.
- Demonstrated skills in malware classification and detection creation methodologies such as Yara, Sigma, Snort, Suricata, etc.
- Experience in coding and scripting using one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, C, C++, Java, and/or similar.
- Good communication skills in English (written and verbal) to work in a distributed team.
Preferred qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or Engineering.
- Experience working in a startup environment.
- Experience working with extremely large data sets.
- Advanced knowledge of Windows OS internals.
- Strong personal network in malware analysis and intelligence community.
- Experience in writing technical reports or blog posts.
- Experience in public speaking.
- Experience in developing malware and intelligence analysis automation tools.
- Experience in using ML algorithms and tools.
Not what you’re looking for? Send us a spontaneous application to careers@threatray.com
Freddy Dezeure
Freddy Dezeure graduated from the KUL University in Belgium in 1982, with a master of science in engineering. He was CIO of a private company from 1982 until 1987. He joined the European Commission in 1987 where he held a variety of management positions in administrative, financial and operational areas, in particular in information technology.
He founded CERT-EU, the Computer Emergency and Response Team of the EU institutions, agencies and bodies in 2011. Until May 2017 he held the position of the Head of CERT-EU.
Presently, he is an Independent Advisor in cybersecurity and cyber-risk management and he acts as Board Member and Advisory Board Member in several high-tech companies. He is a highly respected keynote speaker and is very active in the cybersecurity community. He is leading the EU MITRE ATT&CK Community.
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Mathias Wegmüller
Matthias is a highly accomplished entrepreneur, board member and investor. He has multi-year expertise in digital transformation, facilitating the effective execution of digital engagement initiatives. A passionate, action-oriented and motivational team leader, Mathias Co-founded Qumram in 2011 and led it in different roles until the successful exit and trade-sale in November 2017 to Dynatrace.
Pierre Noel
Pierre has over 30 years of international experience in Information Security, Data Privacy, and Enterprise Risk Management. He is in charge of the nation-wide Swiss Finance Service cybersecurity information sharing program. Previously, Pierre was the Chief Security Officer for Microsoft, covering the wide Asian region and the Chief Security & Privacy Officer (CSPO) for Huawei Worldwide He designed, built, and operated complete Security and Enterprise Risk Management environments for Governments, Finance, Transport, and large conglomerate industries over the World. Pierre was the advisor to three large nations in Australasia, working directly with their ministers or presidential offices in building nationwide cybersecurity & privacy programs. He is a member of the board of advisors of Airbus Industries and also sits on the board of several established and start-up organizations in the field of CyberSecurity and Privacy.
Thomas Dübendorfer
Thomas Dübendorfer holds a Ph.D. in computer science from ETH Zurich and is the president of the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC). He has worked at HP Research Labs in Silicon Valley and seven years at Google on security engineering projects. He is an angel investor in more than twenty tech startups in Switzerland. UBS, Nasdaq, Lufthansa, Adobe, Swiss Re and many other highly ranked companies are customers of tech startups that he co-founded. He was honoured as “Top 100 Digital Shapers of Switzerland” in 2016 and 2018 and as “Top 200 most prominent persons of Zurich, Switzerland” in Who Is Who in Zürich 2019. He has published a paper on Web browser security that got downloaded more than 100’000 times and that proved Web browsers with silent security update mechanisms to protect their users significantly better from vulnerabilities than others.
Peter Stalder
After studying Computer Science at the ETH in Zurich, Peter worked as a software developer, system technician, consultant and project lead in multiple industry projects. He was the CTO of Finnova, a leading banking software in Switzerland, for 20 years. At Finnova, he was responsible for the System- and Software Architecture, as well as the development of its core technologies. In 2015, Peter transitioned to independent consulting and now supports startups with his experience.
Ariel F. Lüdi
As the CEO of Hybris Software, Ariel was instrumental to make Hybris become the global leader in omnichannel commerce and the sale to SAP in 2013 for around 1.5 B USD. Since then, Ariel is investing in and coaching innovative IT start-ups. Prior to joining Hybris, he held senior positions at Salesforce.com, BroadVision and Oracle. Ariel studied Physics at ETH in Zurich.
Jonas Wagner
CTO and Co-Founder
Jonas is founder and CTO of Threatray
Jonas has over 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a focus on machine learning and cyber security data analysis. He holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, where he spent years researching and developing the core algorithms that now power Threatray.
Endre Bangerter
CEO and Co-Founder
Endre Bangerter is founder and CEO of Threatray.
Endre has over 20 years of experience in Information Security and Cyber Defense. He has been serving as a malware analyst for the government and as a technical consultant for Accenture and IBM. Endre has rich experience in developing novel IT security technologies gained while working at IBM Research in Zurich and as a professor and lab director at Bern University of Applied Sciences. He has a Ph.D. in IT security from the Horst Görtz Institute For IT-security at the University of Bochum in Germany.
