Senior Device Engineer - Remote-First IoT/OT Security Automation

Dragos, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

Job summary

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Senior Device Engineer to design, build, and ship software that fingerprint and interact with network-connected devices across embedded, IoT, and OT/ICS endpoints.

You will contribute to shared frameworks, handle device communication, and improve automated capabilities within a remote-first team. The role emphasizes production-grade software, cybersecurity expertise, Go proficiency, and collaboration across product, security, and customer-facing teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer shipping production systems.
• Cybersecurity experience.
• Experience with Go.
• Strong network protocol analysis skills and turning captures into fingerprints.
• Proficiency with relational databases.
• Solid command of Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience with Docker and containerized workflows.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP and common embedded/industrial protocols.
• Experience using AI coding tools effectively.
• Good communication and collaboration in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
• Experience applying cybersecurity best practices; ICS/OT or xIoT are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship production software for identifying, fingerprinting, and interacting with network-connected devices across embedded, IoT, and OT/ICS endpoints.
• Build and maintain features within the shared frameworks and services that device support is built on, from design through testing and maintenance.
• Contribute to migrations and re-architectures of existing systems.
• Figure out how devices communicate and turn that into automated, supported product capabilities.
• Troubleshoot complex device issues in production, including protocol-level problems.
• Leverage AI tools as a core part of day-to-day workflow: research, code generation, debugging, testing, documentation.
• Write and maintain automated test cases and frameworks for device coverage integrity.
• Mentor engineers and participate in code reviews and design discussions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security research, threat research, and customer-facing teams.

Skills

Go

Network analysis

Unix/Linux

Docker

AI coding tools

Cybersecurity

Communication

Tools

Databases

Job description

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Senior Device Engineer to design, build, and ship software that fingerprint and interact with network-connected devices across embedded, IoT, and OT/ICS endpoints.

You will contribute to shared frameworks, handle device communication, and improve automated capabilities within a remote-first team. The role emphasizes production-grade software, cybersecurity expertise, Go proficiency, and collaboration across product, security, and customer-facing teams.