Principal Product Security Researcher

Huntress; United States; A distancia; USD 200.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

100% remote work

Generous paid time off

Parental leave 12 weeks

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with 5%

Stock options

Home office stipend

Education assistance

Digital reimbursement

Coaching access

Public speaking & blogs

Descripción de la vacante

Huntress, a remote-first cybersecurity company, seeks a Principal Product Researcher to translate creativity into effective countermeasures against evolving threats. You will lead cross-functional work with Product, Engineering, and Security to deliver high-impact detection capabilities for SMB environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration, automation, and AI-driven innovation, with competitive compensation and equity in a 100% remote US setup.

Formación

• Expert in Windows OS internals, components, APIs, and design.
• Prior experience with Windows OS kernel coding and device drivers.
• Experience testing EDRs, bypasses, and evasion techniques.
• Comfortable with reverse engineering and using debuggers.
• Proficiency in multiple programming/scripting languages, such as C/C++/C#, PowerShell, and Python.
• Applies AI to improve research quality, speed, and outputs in day-to-day work.
• Commitment to clear documentation of research findings.
• Experience with MITRE ATT&CK matrix, SIGMA, Yara, and Elasticsearch/Kibana.

Responsabilidades

• Identify innovative ways to detect Windows OS threats.
• Develop cross-platform features that leverage telemetry from common OS subsystems such as file system, memory, process, and network activity.
• Research and development of sensor capabilities to provide visibility and detection support for attack techniques across supported Windows OS versions.
• Work collaboratively with internal engineering and detection teams to implement detection logic.
• Identify and evaluate new telemetry opportunities.
• Identify and address gaps in product coverage.
• Respond to product escalations.
• Perform False Positive and False Negative investigations.
• Lead product research initiatives to develop and evaluate security product strategies and technologies.
• Coordinate with Product and Engineering teams to integrate and operationalize solutions developed by Threat Operations teams.
• Applies AI as a practical part of day-to-day product research work to improve the speed, quality, and impact of research outputs.
• Uses AI to support information gathering, analysis, prototyping, and production of clear, decision-useful work products while maintaining accountability for the final output.
• Builds and reuses lightweight prompts, templates, or workflows for recurring research tasks rather than relying on one-off use.
• Develop internal and external technical documentation to educate customers and communicate research findings to adjacent teams about security risks and opportunities.
• Mentor and teach technical expertise to advance the broader community.
• Promote the company’ reputation through media interaction, public speaking, CFPs, CTFs, and blogs.

Conocimientos

Windows OS internals

Kernel coding

EDR testing

Reverse engineering

C/C++/C#

PowerShell

Python

MITRE ATT&CK

SIGMA

Yara

Elasticsearch/Kibana

Herramientas

Windows drivers

Descripción del empleo

Huntress, a remote-first cybersecurity company, seeks a Principal Product Researcher to translate creativity into effective countermeasures against evolving threats. You will lead cross-functional work with Product, Engineering, and Security to deliver high-impact detection capabilities for SMB environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration, automation, and AI-driven innovation, with competitive compensation and equity in a 100% remote US setup.