Vulnerability Research Engineer

About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders. About the Role Join Socket to build and scale our patching infrastructure that delivers secure, vetted packages to developers worldwide. You’ll be at the forefront of supply chain security, creating patches for critical vulnerabilities and building the systems that help the entire open source ecosystem stay secure. This role combines deep technical work with meaningful community impact that benefits the entire ecosystem. As an early member of the Socket team, you’ll help shape how we scale this technology across the JavaScript ecosystem and beyond. What You'll Do Master Socket workflows, tools, and patching processes Lead patching efforts for high-impact vulnerabilities across npm packages Scale patch production to dozens or hundreds of patches per week Help select and prioritize high-value patches Provide technical input on patch prioritization based on ecosystem and cust [... source excerpt omitted ...] e technical roadmap for expansion Give developers quick, safe remediation options for widely-used packages Help secure the software supply chain for millions of developers What You'll Bring Required: 3+ years of software engineering experience with production systems Strong proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript Experience with package managers (npm, yarn, pnpm) and the JavaScript ecosystem Understanding of software security concepts and vulnerability management Experience building and scaling APIs and data processing pipelines Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, and deployment systems Preferred: Experience with security tooling, vulnerability sca [... source excerpt omitted ...] ove. Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains. Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.