Principal Security Researcher

Principal Security Researcher 1Password is growing faster than ever. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing and the Utah Mammoth. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Extended Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. We’re building a world-class security research program to advance both the security of 1Password’s products and the broader identity security landscape. We’re looking for a Principal Security Researcher to serve as the most senior individual contributor on this greenfield team, setting the quality bar for all research output. In this role, you will collaborate with the Director of Security Research to define research agendas that address the most critical and complex challenges in identity security. You’ll lead investigations into novel attack surfaces, collaborate with engineers to architect innovative defensive techniques, and produce landmark research that shapes how the industry thinks about identity, authentication, and access security. Your work will have an outsized impact both within 1Password and across the security ecosystem. As a member of the Product Security function, you will operate as a strategic technical leader, partnering with the Director of Security Research, engineering leadership, product teams, and company executives. You’ll serve as a visible ambassador for 1Password through high-impact publications, standards leadership, and deep engagement with the global security research community. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. Key responsibilities: - Deep Vulnerability Research: Lead original research into the most complex and high-impact vulnerability classes affecting 1Password’s products and the broader identity security ecosystem. Discover novel attack surfaces, develop advanced exploit chains, and pioneer new classes of findings that expand the industry’s understanding of risk. - Advanced Exploit Development & Attack Research: Design and develop sophisticated threat models, attack chains, and proof-of-concept exploits that demonstrate real-world risk at the highest level of complexity. Provide authoritative technical evidence that drives prioritization and remediation across 1Password’s product portfolio. - AI & Agentic Security Strategy: Lead research into the security implications of AI in identity systems, including prompt injection, data poisoning, adversarial attacks on AI-driven access decisions, and the systemic risks introduced by agentic architectures interacting with privileged access management (PAM); Your work will help shape 1Password’s strategic position on AI security. - Technical Publications & Thought Leadership: Author high-quality research publications, white papers, blog posts, and technical advisories. Present findings through podcasts, webinars, and/or major security conferences that c ... (truncated, view full listing at source)