Senior AI SOC Engineer — Post-Detection Automation (Remote)

Cribl; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 230,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Cribl is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Security Products team to build next‑generation AI SOC capabilities. You will architect autonomous reasoning, multi‑agent investigation frameworks, and contextual enrichment layers that power machine‑speed security operations.

You will work on production‑grade systems using LLMs, embeddings, and context graphs, collaborating with Cribl Detect to ingest signals and drive automated investigations and responses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or equivalent; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years of experience building scale production software.
• Experience leading AI SOC, SOAR, or post‑detection automation initiatives at scale.
• Deep experience with LLM orchestration, embeddings, tool calling, and RAG architectures in enterprise software.
• Designing scalable, low‑latency distributed systems with asynchronous event processing and complex workflows.
• Strong understanding of security analyst workflow and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Robust API design experience for interfacing with third‑party security platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect post‑detection workflows including autonomous triage, agentic investigation, evidence synthesis and containment orchestration.
• Build production‑grade reasoning systems using LLMs, embeddings and context graphs to formulate hypotheses and deliver explainable verdicts.
• Collaborate with Cribl Detect to ingest high‑fidelity detection signals and trigger investigations and responses.
• Explore agentic paradigms and multi‑agent frameworks with functional prototypes.
• Define core abstractions, agent communication protocols, and benchmarks for accuracy, latency, and reliability.
• Build safe execution frameworks with clear reasoning trails and human‑in‑the‑loop controls.
• Partner with product managers and researchers to translate ambiguous ideas into executable technical plans.
• Represent Cribl's AI SOC vision through architecture reviews and technical blogs.

Skills

AI security engineering

Post-detection automation

Distributed systems design

Low-latency systems

Strong communication

Go/Node/TS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE (Master's preferred)

Tools

LLM orchestration

Vector databases

Embeddings

Graph databases

Tool-calling frameworks

Job description

Cribl is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Security Products team to build next‑generation AI SOC capabilities. You will architect autonomous reasoning, multi‑agent investigation frameworks, and contextual enrichment layers that power machine‑speed security operations.

You will work on production‑grade systems using LLMs, embeddings, and context graphs, collaborating with Cribl Detect to ingest signals and drive automated investigations and responses.