Staff Software Engineer

  • $195k-$210k
  • Remote - United States

Remote

Software Development

Mid-level

Job description

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Location: Remote US

Compensation Range: $195,000 to $210,000 base plus bonus and equity

What We Do:

Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Whether creating purpose-built security solutions, hunting down hackers, or impacting our community, our people go above and beyond to change the security game and make a real difference.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at the price of an affordable SaaS application. The Huntress difference is our One Team advantage: our technology is designed with our industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from our service.

We protect 3M+ endpoints and 1M+ identities worldwide, elevating underresourced IT teams with protection that works as hard as they do. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting.

What You’ll Do:

The Huntress team is looking for an innovative and highly motivated Staff Software Engineer with excellent problem-solving and communication skills. As a Staff Software Engineer at Huntress, you will lead a feature delivery team in the design, development, and high-quality release of software features for the Huntress Managed Security Portal that provides for automated detection and human-powered threat hunting. You will focus on creating the technical vision for new and exciting features from the product roadmap. You’ll be working with a smart and diverse team of problem solvers who exhibit high energy, deep technical skills, and a drive to get things done.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for managing the technical aspects of the development of features for the Huntress Managed Security Portal
  • Lead and develop high-quality software, software designs, and architecture, and set standards for team excellence
  • Convert acceptance criteria into functional workflows and data models, and associated software design
  • Be a technical thought leader for your team, providing architectural and design direction
  • Focus on the entire life cycle of the system, including evolution, configuration, and risk management
  • Ensure code quality and test code coverage through code reviews and test plan reviews
  • Lead the team in providing accurate estimates and taking ownership of the timely completion of work
  • Mentor junior engineers to help them level up their skills
  • Motivate teams and promote collaboration and engagement
  • Actively engage with the team and lead by being a positive role model

What You Bring To The Team:

  • 10+ years of experience developing complex software products
  • 5+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails
  • Experience with JavaScript
  • Experience working on Linux-based infrastructure
  • Experience with databases such as Postgres

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo
  • Experience with Clickhouse database
  • Experience with AWS Cloud Environments
  • Experience building cybersecurity products or building a SOC platform

What We Offer:

  • 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
  • Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
  • 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 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
  • Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
  • $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
  • Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are.

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit businesses of all sizes.

Accommodations:

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected] . Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response.

If you have questions about your personal data privacy at Huntress, please visit our privacy page .

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