Principal Data Science & Security Software Engineer Remote

Devconnectplatform; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision Benefits

Flexible PTO

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural work on our NDR platform. You will design and ship production-grade software that deploys AI/ML models analyzing network traffic and detects anomalies in real time.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with data scientists and cloud teams, drive engineering standards, and contribute to product strategy with senior leadership.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance software to deploy AI/ML models that analyze network traffic.
• Develop autonomous AI agent architectures and multi-agent workflows.
• Collaborate with data scientists and cloud teams to build services, pipelines, and tooling.
• Lead engineering reviews and establish standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to product strategy and roadmaps.

Skills

Python

Go

Machine Learning

Data pipelines

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural work on our NDR platform. You will design and ship production-grade software that deploys AI/ML models analyzing network traffic and detects anomalies in real time.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with data scientists and cloud teams, drive engineering standards, and contribute to product strategy with senior leadership.