Summary
Join our team of passionate researchers uncovering the latest cyber threats, tracking ransomware gangs and infostealer campaigns, and sharing insights with the world. If you love gaining evidence-based insight into the inner workings of eCrime threats and want to make a real impact, this is your chance.Job description
Who We Are:
We’re part of ESET’s Security Research Laboratory – “VirusLab” – a global team of experts in malware analysis, detection, and threat intelligence. We work across platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, mobile) and collaborate closely with colleagues and external partners worldwide.
Tools of the Trade:
IDA Pro, debuggers, Hiew, Kibana, Impala, MISP, YARA, SysInternals, Wireshark, Python, SQL – and powerful internal tools developed over years of research.
What You'll Do:
Monitor the broad scale of eCrime threats with focus on infostealers
Connect findings to broader malicious campaigns and infrastructure
Reverse engineer (m/f/n) newly discovered malware samples
Write technical reports and publish on WeLiveSecurity.com
Regularly summarize your findings in Threat Intelligence reports
Present your research at prestigious international conferences
Gather intelligence from internal and open sources
Collaborate with law enforcement, CERTs, and victims
What We’re Looking For:
Familiarity with malware analysis and tracking tools (IDA Pro, Kibana, YARA, etc.)
Solid grasp of the eCrime threat landscape and current trends
Solid written and spoken English
Passion for understanding and fighting cybercriminal operations
No Degree? No Problem.
We care more about your skills, curiosity, and ability to understand how software works than your diplomas.
Basic wage component for Bratislava location (brutto): from 2500 EUR
* The final basic wage component can be increased accordingly to individual skills and experience of the selected candidate.
* Performance bonus 2 times per year up to 10% of the basic salary paid for the evaluation period(usually 6 months).
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Benefits
Health & well-being- BenefitPlus
- Healthcare (check-ups/annual programs)
- Multisport card
- Travel card "električenka"
- Supplementary pension saving
- Sick days
- Marriage allowance
- Childbirth allowance
- Parental contribution
- ESET family events (Family day, St.Nicholas)
- Refreshments in the office (fruits, coffee, soft drinks)
- Let´s get together breakfast
- Activity room, quiet room
- ESET events (Žranica, Christmas party..), teambuildings
- Loyalty allowance
- Loyalty extra days off
- Loyalty cake
- Loyalty glass award
- Refer a friend
- Christmas presents
- Discounts from external providers
Primary location
BratislavaAdditional locations
Brno, PragueTime type
Full timeSkills Required
- Familiarity with malware analysis and tracking tools
- Solid grasp of the eCrime threat landscape
- Solid written and spoken English
- Passion for understanding cybercriminal operations
ESET Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ESET and has not been reviewed or approved by ESET.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is viewed as strong, with added days off and vacation/PTO described positively. Policies around PTO appear to contribute meaningfully to overall value.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental benefits are highlighted as supportive, with enhanced parental leave referenced in multiple regions. This area is frequently cited as a standout element of the package.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work options such as hybrid schedules and flexible hours are emphasized and appear to be widely appreciated. Work-from-home flexibility is repeatedly highlighted as a strength.
ESET Insights
What We Do
For more than 30 years we have been here helping to watch over and protect progress. Over a billion users worldwide rely upon ESET’s solutions to stay secure from increasingly sophisticated digital threats. ESET´s award-winning IT security software and services provide protection in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with its software localized into more than 30 languages. Meanwhile, the world continues to move forward at pace. When ESET was founded, the Internet was in its infancy. Now technology is part of everything we do and is central to the continued advancements in our society. Most of the time technology does just what it is supposed to, but in order to ensure continued progress in the digital age we need someone to question what’s going on in the background. And that’s why we are here – to continue protecting technology from threats, enabling everyone to fully embrace it’s potential and rely on it. Put simply - when technology enables progress, ESET is here to protect it. ESET - Progress. Protected. Visit www.eset.com to learn more
