Staff Software Engineer-ESPM Platform (Ruby / Rails)

Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. The Huntress team is looking for an innovative and highly motivated Staff Software Engineer with excellent problem-solving and communication skills to join our Endpoint Security Posture Management (ESPM) team. This is a new product which will be generally available on October 1. You will be instrumental in building and growing this product from the ground up. In this role, you will focus on creating the technical vision and implementing new and exciting features from the product roadmap. You will build scalable solutions to emerging threats in a rapidly evolving landscape, working across the stack, building new UI one day, scalable data models and event ingestions the next, then wrapping up the week with automated detectors to alert customers and the Security Operations Center to suspicious activity.

Responsibilities

Build and grow the ESPM product from the ground up; Create the technical vision and implement new features from the product roadmap; Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end solutions using primarily Ruby on Rails; Deliver code quickly and efficiently for rapid value delivery and testing; Implement efficient data pipelines to extract relevant information from massive amounts of noise; Collaborate with security researchers to understand hacking strategies and methods to combat them; Be a technical thought leader for your team, providing architectural and design direction; Continuously improve solution quality through code reviews, manual, and automated testing; Set standards for excellence and develop processes that make the team continuously more efficient; Lead more junior engineers to deliver larger projects, including breaking down ambiguous problems into well-defined tasks, validating designs, and serving as POC for stakeholders; Design the systems and architecture to support processing petabytes of data efficiently

Requirements

10+ years of experience developing complex software products; 5+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails; Experience with AI coding tools, such as Claude Code; Experience with relational databases, such as Postgres; Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; Innovative and highly motivated

Benefits

Bonus and equity; 100% remote work environment; Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans; 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution; Life and Disability insurance plans; Stock options for all full-time employees; One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office; Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance; $75 USD/month digital reimbursement; Access to BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth