Principal AI/ML Security Engineer, NDR Platform

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Parental Leave

Hybrid and Remote Work Model

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and execution on the NDR platform. You will drive complex engineering programs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data scientists and cloud teams to deliver scalable AI-driven security solutions.

You’ll work across teams to implement production-grade services, influence product strategy, and set engineering standards while addressing evolving cyber threats in real time.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering with at least 2 years in Principal/Lead/Staff shipping enterprise-grade software.
• Expert-level Python and Go coding for production-quality, well-tested code.
• Experience in machine learning, statistics, or related quantitative discipline.
• Experience building/operating production AI/ML systems, including lifecycle and monitoring.
• Applying ML/DS techniques to cybersecurity use cases like anomaly detection or threat classification.
• Advanced understanding of threat detection, intrusion prevention, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and maintain high-performance software for AI/ML models analyzing network traffic.
• Develop autonomous AI agent architectures and multi-agent workflows.
• Collaborate with data scientists, threat researchers, and cloud teams to build production-ready ML workloads.
• Drive engineering excellence via code/design reviews and standards.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and represent engineering to leadership.
• Contribute to product strategy with technical insight on roadmap and build-vs-buy decisions.
• Provide mentorship to software engineers and foster rigorous engineering discipline.

Skills

Python

Go

ML/AI

Threat detection

Cybersecurity

Mentorship

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and execution on the NDR platform. You will drive complex engineering programs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data scientists and cloud teams to deliver scalable AI-driven security solutions.

You’ll work across teams to implement production-grade services, influence product strategy, and set engineering standards while addressing evolving cyber threats in real time.