Research Software Engineer, Security AI Platforms

Cato Networks; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cato Networks is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Research & Infrastructure team within the Security Research group. You’ll build systems behind Cato's security research and help translate that research into product capabilities.

You’ll work with researchers to understand needs and own solutions end-to-end from requirements and architecture to implementation and delivery. Our team builds platforms for threat intelligence, malware hunting, and attack analysis, with scalable data pipelines.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of server-side development in Python.
• 3+ years of web development with modern frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of architecture and end-to-end development.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Fluent English and clear written communication.

Responsibilities

• Own the full development lifecycle of systems and applications: gather requirements, define technical specifications, design the architecture, and build backend services and web interfaces.
• Build threat intelligence, malware hunting and attack analysis platforms that support Cato's security operations and its MDR service.
• Build tools that let researchers investigate threats, develop security content and create detection signatures.
• Design the workflows and infrastructure that bring research outputs into Cato's customer-facing products.
• Build scalable data processing and analysis solutions on the Cato Cloud data warehouse, automate protocol analysis, and integrate with internal and external services.

Skills

Python (server-side)

Web development

System architecture

Stakeholder requirements

Databases (MongoDB/Elasticsearch/MySQL

AI tools usage

English communication

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

MySQL

Redis

Job description

Cato Networks is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Research & Infrastructure team within the Security Research group. You’ll build systems behind Cato's security research and help translate that research into product capabilities.

You’ll work with researchers to understand needs and own solutions end-to-end from requirements and architecture to implementation and delivery. Our team builds platforms for threat intelligence, malware hunting, and attack analysis, with scalable data pipelines.