Research Software Engineer

TRG Research and Development

full-time

Posted on: 9/24/2025

Origin: • 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

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Mid-LevelSenior

GradleHibernateJavaLinuxMavenMicroservicesPythonSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards
Perform penetration tests, identify and record security flaws
Identify areas of high-level security risk and map attack surfaces
Review and rate security of network architectures and implementations
Contribute to the existing codebase: read, maintain and extend production code (Java and/or Python), fix bugs, harden implementations
Implement protocol parsers, simulators, fuzzers or exploit PoCs required for vulnerability discovery and validation
Design and implement new services and microservices (APIs, back-end components)

Experience in Telecom and/or R&D related sector
Previous experience of the SS7 / Sigtran and the GSM / UMTS / LTE core networks
Knowledge of communication transport protocols (TCP / UDP / SCTP / SCCP)
Excellent understanding of JAVA Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and design patterns
Experience with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security)
Knowledge of ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate, JPA)
Understanding of build tools (Maven, Gradle)
Experience with Linux O/S
Advanced knowledge of troubleshooting and debugging network-related protocols
Vulnerability discovery and exploitation
Demonstrated research and engineering skills
Experience performing penetration tests and protocol research
Strong knowledge of scripting languages either Python or Bash
Creative problem-solving and thinking outside of the box