Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

Towards AI, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SecurityScorecard in Raleigh, NC seeks a Senior Research Engineer to bridge threat research and production engineering. You will transform malware findings and behavioral patterns into scalable platform components and detection content.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy research artifacts with minimal manual intervention, building reliable pipelines and infrastructure that support language models in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field; strong public work considered.
• 5–8 years of hands-on engineering experience in threat intelligence, security research, or detection engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript; cloud infrastructure experience.
• Experience with production systems that utilize language models.
• Knowledge of STIX 2.1, TAXII 2.1, and MITRE ATT&CK.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain platform components for threat research to production integration.
• Develop detection content and automate research workflows.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to deploy research outputs into products.
• Create reliable pipelines and infrastructure enabling research to run without extra engineering effort.
• Collaborate on deploying language-model-based systems in production.

Skills

SQL

Python

TypeScript

Go

Threat Intelligence

Security Research

Detection Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure

Language Models

API

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Cybersecurity

Tools

AWS

Splunk

Kinesis

Job description

# Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence## SecurityScorecardPublished 18 Jul 2026### Share this jobRaleigh, NC140K - 150K USD AnnualFull Time## Role Highlights### Languages usedSQLPythonTypeScriptGO### Key skillsPrompt EngineeringComputer ScienceAPIProduct ManagementCICDCloud InfrastructureRisk ManagementSecuritySAASStartupResearchMalwareClusterServersDataAutomationLoggingStreamingBatchContainersMathematicsQuantitative### Tools, Libraries and FrameworksAWSSplunkKinesis## DescriptionThe role involves bridging the gap between threat research and production engineering within the threat intelligence team. The individual will transform research artifacts such as malware findings and behavioral patterns into functional production systems. Responsibilities include building and maintaining platform components, developing detection content, and automating research workflows. The position requires coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure research outputs are effectively integrated into company products. The role focuses on creating reliable pipelines and infrastructure that allow research to be deployed without additional engineering intervention.## Required Qualifications and SkillsCandidates must possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, though self-taught practitioners with strong public work are also considered. Applicants require 5 to 8 years of hands-on engineering experience, specifically with threat intelligence, security research, or detection engineering. Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure is necessary, along with experience in production systems that utilize language models. A working knowledge of industry standards such as STIX 2.1, TAXII 2.1, and MITRE ATT&CK is required.