Principal AI/ML Security Engineer — NDR, Hybrid/Remote

ExtraHop Networks, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision benefits

Flexible PTO & holidays (US)

Educational reimbursement

401k with employer match

Parental leave

Hybrid and remote work model

Job summary

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to anchor the NDR platform, driving architecture and execution of high-impact engineering initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, influence roadmap, and deliver scalable software that defends networks in real time across hybrid environments. You will collaborate with data scientists, threat researchers, and cloud teams to deploy AI/ML models, build autonomous agents, and ensure robust operations with best practices.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering, with at least 2 years in Principal, Lead, or Staff capacity shipping enterprise-grade software.
• Expert-level programming in Python and Go with production-quality, well-tested and modular code.
• Experience in machine learning, statistics, or related quantitative discipline.
• Experience building or operating production AI/ML systems including model lifecycle management, data/training pipelines, and monitoring.
• Expertise applying ML/data science techniques to cybersecurity such as anomaly detection, behavioral analysis, or threat classification.
• Advanced understanding of threat detection methodologies, intrusion prevention systems, and incident response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and maintain robust, high-performance software to deploy AI/ML models analyzing network traffic for anomalies/malicious behavior.
• Design and develop autonomous AI agent architectures and multi-agent workflows.
• Collaborate with data scientists, threat researchers, and cloud teams to build high-performance services, pipelines, and tooling for ML experimentation and production workflows.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, design reviews, and establishing standards and practices.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and represent engineering in discussions with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to product strategy by providing deep technical insights to roadmap discussions and build-vs-buy decisions.
• Mentor software engineers to foster continuous learning, optimization, and disciplined engineering.

Skills

Python

Go

Machine Learning

Threat detection

Production systems

Mentoring

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to anchor the NDR platform, driving architecture and execution of high-impact engineering initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, influence roadmap, and deliver scalable software that defends networks in real time across hybrid environments. You will collaborate with data scientists, threat researchers, and cloud teams to deploy AI/ML models, build autonomous agents, and ensure robust operations with best practices.