Principal Software Engineer

Tact

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

401K plan
Self-managed PTO
Home office setup

Job summary

A tech company specializing in cybersecurity is seeking a Senior/Principal Software Engineer. In this role, you'll build technology to combat real cyber threats. With 8+ years of experience, you'll join a small team to ship impactful features and integrations used by SOC teams. The position offers a stable, growth-oriented environment with benefits including a 401K plan and self-managed PTO.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Track record of roadmap ownership and end-to-end delivery.
  • Experience in cybersecurity products and multi-agent systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Ship core platform features powering autonomous security investigations.
  • Build integrations used by SOC teams daily.
  • Scale alert handling pipelines.

Skills

Software engineering
Roadmap ownership
Cybersecurity products
Multi-agent systems
Cloud tooling

Tools

SIEMs
SOAR
EDR
Cloud services

Job description

Overview

Tech Talent Specialist | USA | Around the whole SDLC

Senior / Principal Software Engineer

Some roles keep you fixing features no one notices. Others let you build tech that actually stops real cyber threats before they cause chaos. (This role is the second one)

What you’ll be working with
  • Custom integrations: SIEMs, SOAR, EDR, cloud services
  • Multi-agent LLMs + enterprise security tooling
What we’re looking for
  • 8+ years software engineering (Senior/Principal level)
  • Track record of roadmap ownership + end-to-end delivery

Nice to have: cybersecurity products, multi-agent systems, cloud tooling

Why this team?
  • Ship core platform features that power autonomous security investigations
  • Build integrations that SOC teams actually use day-to-day
  • Scale pipelines to handle thousands of alerts without noise
  • Work with a small, sharp engineering team where ownership is real
  • Backed by Series B funding → stability + growth opportunity
Package
  • 401K plan
  • Self-managed PTO
  • Home office setup

If you’ve got 8+ years of experience and want your code to directly defend companies against real threats - apply!

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