Senior Artifacts Engineer – Mobile

Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software that acquires, analyzes, and shares evidence from various devices. The Senior Artifacts Engineer will focus on mobile artifacts and reverse engineering, developing tools and algorithms that extract and analyze data for digital investigations.

Responsibilities:

• Perform static and dynamic analysis of mobile OS and mobile applications to uncover forensically valuable artifacts
• Use and customize instrumentation, debuggers, and automation tools to accelerate research and product development
• Translate research findings into proof-of-concept solutions and evolve them into robust, maintainable product code
• Design and implement performant, maintainable, and testable production code, focusing on iterative delivery to maximize customer impact
• Document findings, create internal demos, and mentor teammates through knowledge sharing and technical leadership
• Collaborate with research, product, and customer teams to ship capabilities that matter
• Analyze requirements, break down tasks, estimate efforts, and adapt to evolving business and customer needs
• Support peers through pair programming, code reviews, and mentoring, fostering a collaborative and innovative engineering environment
• Take ownership and accountability for projects, driving them to completion

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with hands-on reverse engineering expertise
• Strong proficiency in C# .NET, with ability to work in other languages as needed (e.g., C, C++, Python, Java)
• Knowledge of mobile OS fundamentals, architecture, and APIs (iOS, Android)
• Experience with SQL queries and SQLite
• Familiarity with reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or Frida
• Comfortable working across abstraction layers, from user space to OS kernels, and moving fluently between assembly, native code, and high-level code
• Experience with Agile development practices and effective collaboration in distributed teams
• Proven track record of shipping clean, well-tested code in collaborative environments
• Experience with artifact or memory forensics tools (e.g., Axiom, Volatility)
• Knowledge of cryptography concepts: keychain/keystore, sqlcipher, key derivation, encryption modes
• Experience reverse engineering hard targets, malware, and obfuscated code
• Technical leadership experience, including mentoring and supporting peers and stakeholders
• Demonstrated presentation and team communication skills
• Distributed knowledge through write-ups, white papers, and presentations