Engineer III, Advanced Research (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Engineer III, Advanced Research (Cybersecurity): Develop, maintain, and enhance distributed cloud services for innovative detection capabilities with an accent on scalability, reliability, and integration into the Falcon platform. Focus on building high-performance services using Kafka, Flink, Redis, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, and LLMs, solving complex challenges in distributed systems and production scaling.

Location: USA Remote (MA, PA, NJ, OH, DC)

Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Company

Global leader in cybersecurity with an AI-native platform to stop breaches across industries.

What you will do

• Work with technologies like Kafka, Flink, Redis, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, and LLMs.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance distributed cloud services, ensuring they run in a healthy state.
• Collaborate with Security, Data Science, Engineering, and Visualization teams to integrate capabilities into the Falcon platform.

Requirements

• Computer science degree or equivalent experience.
• Programming expertise in at least one language; Java/Scala, Go, or Python preferred.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, RESTful patterns, and multithreading.
• Proficiency in building and scaling production services.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or Bamboo.
• Hands-on experience with cloud provider APIs (AWS, GCP, Azure) for infrastructure provisioning and monitoring.
• Effective communication across teams and levels.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AWS, Kafka, Flink, Grafana.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong debugging skills.
• Experience in large-scale distributed systems architecture and optimization.
• Background in cybersecurity or intelligence.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, high-trust environment with flexibility and autonomy.
• Market-leading compensation, equity, and comprehensive wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation, holidays, parental leaves, and professional development.
• Employee networks, volunteer opportunities, and vibrant office culture where applicable.