Huntress

Principal Software Engineer, SIEM (Ruby/Rails)

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3 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$215k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own delivery, product quality, uptime, performance, and lifecycle management of complex mission-critical software systems.
  • Lead technical decisions, architecture, strategic initiatives, and long-term technical goals with company-wide impact.
  • Design, develop, scale, and release SIEM platform features while enforcing engineering, testing, security, and code-quality standards.
  • Improve system visibility through monitoring and alerting and optimize workflows, architecture, and platform performance.
  • Collaborate with engineering management, product, security research, platform, architecture, and other teams on technical designs and trade-offs.
  • Develop AI-assisted engineering tooling and workflows, including using AI coding agents in daily development.
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers, lead estimation and delivery efforts, and foster team collaboration and professional development.
  • Engage with customers as necessary and communicate complex technical topics and strategic vision to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience developing complex software products.
  • 8+ years of programming experience with Ruby on Rails and 8+ years scaling PostgreSQL databases.
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience gained through work.
  • Experience with modern data storage and query systems for high-volume analytics workloads.
  • Experience with JavaScript, CSS, ActiveRecord, code review, technical troubleshooting, and software testing practices.
  • Strong technical, diagnostic, communication, prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
  • Helpful but not required: SIEM or security log/event data experience; AWS, Azure, or GCP; Stimulus, Turbo, or Hotwire; Ruby on Rails monoliths; ClickHouse; Vector; Tailwind CSS, Tailwind UI, and Flowbite.

Benefits

  • 100% remote work environment.
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays.
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution.
  • Life and disability insurance plans.
  • Stock options for all full-time employees.
  • One-time $500 home-office reimbursement.
  • Annual education and professional development assistance.
  • $75 USD/month digital reimbursement.
  • Access to BetterUp for coaching and personal and professional growth.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureClickHouseCSSGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptPostgreSQLRubyRuby on RailsTailwind CSS

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About Huntress

501-1,000 employees

Huntress builds a managed security platform for mid-market businesses and the MSPs that support them, offering endpoint protection, identity defense, SIEM, and security awareness training backed by a 24/7 human-led SOC. Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, the company is privately held. Its platform secures more than 5 million endpoints and 14 million identities worldwide.

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