Principal Software Engineer, SIEM (Ruby/Rails)
Huntress · USA
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## Principal Software Engineer, SIEM (Ruby/Rails) ### What We Do Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are being targeted by threats that used to focus only on the largest organizations. Huntress is a remote-first, enterprise-grade cybersecurity company founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators. We build our technology in-house and support it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC), securing millions of endpoints and identities worldwide. **Reports to:** Engineering Manager **Location:** Remote (US) **Compensation:** $215,000–$240,000 base + bonus and equity --- ### What You’ll Do Join the Huntress SIEM team as a **Principal Software Engineer** responsible for leading a feature delivery team across design, development, and high-quality releases for the Huntress SIEM Platform—supporting **automated detection** and **human-powered threat hunting**. You’ll: - Own delivery, product quality, and uptime for complex, mission-critical features/systems - Lead technical decisions with company-wide impact - Define the technical vision for new features aligned to the product roadmap - Collaborate with engineering, product, security research, platform, and architecture teams - Evolve AI-assisted engineering workflows and tooling in daily development - Improve test frameworks, code quality, monitoring/alerting, and system visibility at scale - Mentor and coach junior engineers - Communicate strategic technical vision and critical trade-offs across the platform --- ### Responsibilities (Highlights) - Drive long-term strategic technical goals and initiatives - Set and enforce best practices for the team and department - Design and optimize workflows bridging traditional development and AI-assisted engineering - Build and evolve AI tooling and usage in daily development workflows - Engage with customers as necessary - Ensure code quality and security via code reviews, test plan reviews, and security reviews - Lead performance impact efforts across team/department solutions and the overall platform suite - Own the full system lifecycle: evolution, configuration, and risk management --- ### What You Bring To The Team - **15+ years** experience developing complex software products - **8+ years** programming in **Ruby on Rails** - **8+ years** large-scale database experience - BS in Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent experience) - Experience with modern data storage/query systems for high-volume analytics - Experience in Agile/Scrum environments - Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and communication skills - Deep understanding of **ActiveRecord (Rails)** **Helpful (but not required):** - SIEM platforms or security log/event data - AWS, Azure, and/or GCP - Stimulus, Turbo, Hotwire (or similar) - Ruby on Rails monolith experience - Tailwind CSS / Tailwind UI / Flowbite - Data-led product design - ClickHouse - Vector --- ### What We Offer - **100% remote** work environment - Generous paid time off + paid holidays - **12 weeks paid parental leave** - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits - 401(k) with **5% contribution** regardless of employee contribution - Life and disability insurance - Stock options for full-time employees - $500 one-time home office reimbursement - Annual education/professional development assistance - $75/month digital reimbursement - Access to BetterUp coaching platform --- ### Inclusion & Accommodations Huntress is committed to inclusivity and does not discriminate based o
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