Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehensive insurance coverage and innovative cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate potential cyberattacks.
Opportunities to make an impact with bold thinking are real—and happening daily at Coalition.
Join Coalition’s Threat Intelligence team to identify emerging vulnerabilities and exploitation activity before they cause loss for policyholders. You’ll lead key parts of the Zero-Day Alert process and build the detections, honeypots, and original intelligence behind Coalition’s Active Insurance platform, working across Security, Underwriting, Incident Response, Product, and Data Engineering.
- Drive the Zero-Day Alert process from vulnerability triage to actionable policyholder notification
- Coordinate urgent outreach with the Security Support Center, Underwriting, and Incident Response for high-severity or actively exploited vulnerabilities
- Write and refine technology fingerprints, detection rules, and security findings that turn scan data into reliable risk signals
- Maintain and expand the distributed honeypot network, analyzing telemetry for exploitation and new adversary techniques
- Improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives using claims insights, external datasets, and vulnerability research
- Publish advisories, research, and briefings that inform security decisions
- Participate in the on-call rotation for emergency notifications
- 5+ years in threat intelligence, vulnerability research, pen testing, or defensive security engineering
- Deep knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, web apps, and exploitation (RCE, auth bypass, edge-device vulnerabilities)
- Experience assessing new vulnerabilities under time pressure and translating them into practical enterprise risk
- Hands-on experience writing scanner detections, signatures, or parsing scripts (Python, regex, protocol fingerprints)
- Experience with honeypots, deception tech, or internet-wide scanning and other large security datasets
- Strong Python and SQL skills
- Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical audiences
- A track record of clear documentation or public security writing, plus the judgment to lead complex work independently
- Experience with Censys, Shodan, BinaryEdge, or attack surface mapping
- Reverse engineering, patch diffing, or PoC exploit verification
- Familiarity with VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, or SCADA/ICS
- Public research, CVE credits, or conference talks
- Knowledge of cyber insurance, underwriting, or risk aggregation modeling
As a remote-first organization, our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several Canadian geographic markets.
In Alberta, British Columbia & Ontario the base salary for this position ranges from $149,600/year up to $190,000 /year.
For all other locations, the base salary for this position ranges from $106,700/year up to $133,425.00/year.
Consistent with applicable laws, an employee's pay within this range is based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to relevant education, skills, job-related knowledge, qualifications, work experience, credentials, and/or geographic location. Your Recruiter can share more on the specific target salary range for your location during the interview process. Coalition, Inc. reserves the right to modify this range as needed.
Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Use of AI: We utilize AI-assisted tools to help us organize and review the high volume of applications we receive. However, our human recruiting team makes all final hiring decisions and interview selections, valuing personal connection over algorithms.
Application Updates: Consistent with our commitment to transparency, if you are interviewed for this role, we will provide a status update on your application within 45 days of your final interview.
Perks- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
- Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
Work at Coalition is centered on the joint mission to Protect the Unprotected. We have built a remote-first, highly inclusive culture that welcomes people from diverse backgrounds. We trust each other to take responsibility, share ownership of outcomes, and put in the work together to protect businesses from digital risk. Coalition’s exceptional growth stems from its ability to address real-world problems for organizations of all sizes while remaining true to our founding values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity, and inclusion.
We’re always looking for collaborative, inquisitive individuals to join #OurCoalition.
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Anti-Discrimination NoticeCoalition is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable laws in each country where we operate. This commitment includes, but is not limited to, ensuring equal treatment in recruitment, selection, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, and all other aspects of employment. Coalition does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace.
AccommodationsCoalition is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, including applicants and employees, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in each country where we operate. Our policy is to support equal opportunity in the hiring process by considering qualified applicants regardless of disability or other protected characteristics, unless providing accommodation would impose an undue hardship or disproportionate burden. If you require accommodation to complete an application, interview, pre-employment testing, or participate in the selection process, please contact us at [email protected]. We also consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in line with applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction.
To all recruitment agencies: Coalition does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our email alias, employees, or other physical or virtual organization locations. Coalition is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in threat intelligence, vulnerability research, penetration testing, or defensive security engineering
- Deep knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, web applications, and exploitation techniques, including RCE, authentication bypass, and edge-device vulnerabilities
- Experience assessing new vulnerabilities under time pressure and translating them into practical enterprise risk
- Hands-on experience writing scanner detections, signatures, or parsing scripts using Python, regular expressions, or protocol fingerprints
- Experience with honeypots, deception technology, internet-wide scanning, or large security datasets
- Strong Python and SQL skills
- Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences
- Track record of clear documentation or public security writing
- Ability to lead complex work independently
- Experience with Censys, Shodan, BinaryEdge, or attack surface mapping
- Experience with reverse engineering, patch diffing, or proof-of-concept exploit verification
- Familiarity with VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, or SCADA/ICS
- Public research, CVE credits, or conference talks
- Knowledge of cyber insurance, underwriting, or risk aggregation modeling
Coalition Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Coalition and has not been reviewed or approved by Coalition.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is presented as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health support and wellness programs. Feedback suggests these offerings are a core strength of the total rewards package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is offered broadly to full-time employees, aligning employees with company growth. Feedback suggests this ownership component is a meaningful part of total compensation for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is positioned as flexible or unlimited, alongside standard sick leave and local holidays. Feedback suggests this flexibility supports work-life balance in a remote-first setup.
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What We Do
Coalition is the leading provider of cyber insurance and security, combining comprehensive insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate cyber risk. Coalition’s unique product offerings combine best-in-class insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools to help keep businesses safe.
