Senior Software Engineer: Ransomware Collections
Recorded Future · Boston, MA
About this role
## Recorded Future — Senior Software Engineer (Ransomware Collections) With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced and largest intelligence company. We’re seeking a **Senior Engineer** to help advance the next generation of our **ransomware collection** capabilities. You’ll improve the depth, reliability, and differentiation of existing ransomware collections, and expand beyond traditional threat-actor sites into the broader ecosystem of infrastructure, identities, communities, and relationships surrounding ransomware activity. ### What you’ll do - Own and improve engineering capabilities supporting ransomware collection, with an emphasis on **reliability, coverage, timeliness, and intelligence value**. - Expand ransomware collection beyond leak sites and conventional sources into **user-focused approaches** that provide greater visibility into relevant actors and communities. - Partner closely with ransomware analysts to translate intelligence requirements and emerging investigative questions into **scalable technical collection capabilities**. - Develop and continuously refine **automated access strategies** for ransomware-related sources—especially where authentication, anti-automation controls, infrastructure changes, or other access challenges make collection difficult. - Build infrastructure that enables the team to **discover, access, monitor, and preserve** difficult-to-collect ransomware intelligence at scale. - Improve the resilience and maintainability of existing ransomware collection systems while reducing **manual intervention** and operational overhead. - Establish engineering patterns that allow new ransomware sources and collection methodologies to move efficiently and reliably from **experimentation into production**. - Collaborate across engineering, collections, and analysis teams to ensure collected data is structured and delivered to maximize downstream intelligence value. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship within the collections organization, helping establish engineering standards and long-term architectural direction. ### Technology & Engineering Environment Our collection systems operate across **cloud infrastructure**, **distributed collection services**, **browser automation**, and **specialized network environments**. Candidates don’t need experience with every technology, but should be comfortable learning and operating across them.
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