Principal SIEM Software Engineer — Remote

Huntress; United States; Remote; USD 215,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Generous PTO

Parental leave (12 weeks)

401(k) with 5% contribution

Stock options for all full-time

Home office stipend $500

Education & professional development

Digital reimbursement $75/month

Job summary

Huntress is a remote-first cybersecurity company seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Huntress SIEM feature delivery, shaping the technical roadmap and delivering high-quality software with a cross-functional team.

You will guide architectural decisions, collaborate with platform and security teams, and drive AI-assisted workflows to improve efficiency and reliability across the product suite.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience developing complex software products.
• 8+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails.
• 8+ years scaling Postgres databases.
• A BS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience gained through work.
• Experience with modern data storage and query systems for high-volume analytics workloads.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery, product quality, and up-time of complex mission-critical features/systems.
• Impact objectives and initiatives that span across departments
• Lead technical decisions with company-wide impact
• Evolve our collective understanding of our technical domain
• Define long-term strategic technical goals and initiatives
• Effectively communicate strategic technical vision and set an example for the organization
• Work with the team engineering manager to meet technical expectations and strategy
• Collaborate with product, security, and architecture teams on designs
• Design and optimize workflows bridging traditional development and AI-assisted engineering
• Build and evolve AI tooling and usage in daily development workflows
• Mentor and coach junior engineers to promote collaboration and growth

Skills

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

JavaScript

ActiveRecord

Cloud experience

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Stimulus

Turbo

Hotwire

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind UI

Flowbite

Clickhouse

Vector

Job description

Huntress is a remote-first cybersecurity company seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Huntress SIEM feature delivery, shaping the technical roadmap and delivering high-quality software with a cross-functional team.

You will guide architectural decisions, collaborate with platform and security teams, and drive AI-assisted workflows to improve efficiency and reliability across the product suite.