Recorded Future

intelligence

PrincipalSoftwareEngineer

$152–229k Massachusetts, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Software Engineer at Recorded Future. Skills: Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, collect, transform, and deliver structured threat intelligence data, driving architectural improvements, ensuring the platform scales effectively. Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that collect, transform, and deliver structured threat intelligence data powering the Security Intelligence Graph. work across application code and infrastructure to collect, transform, and de”

What You'll Achieve.

delivering high-quality results

Industry & Context.

intelligence
Problems you'll solve

problem-solving skills; ability to debug both software and data issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Comfort working with high-volume, complex, and unstructured data, problem-solving skills, including the ability to debug both software and data issues, Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently while delivering high-quality results, Interest in or familiarity with security data domains such as threat infrastructure, malware, or network telemetry, Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Experience or interest in cybersecurity data domains such as malware analysis, phishing detection, or network telemetry, Experience working with graph-based data systems or security intelligence platforms, GitHub Actions experience is a plus, Terraform experience is a plus

What You'll Do.

and maintain scalable data pipelines that collect

and deliver structured threat intelligence data powering the Security Intelligence Graph

work across application code and infrastructure to collect

and deliver structured threat data

tracking malware infrastructure

command-and-control systems

driving architectural improvements

ensuring the platform scales effectively as it continues to grow

Full Job Description

With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company! Recorded Future is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Engineering team, responsible for building and scaling the pipelines that power the Security Intelligence Graph. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work across application code and infrastructure to collect, transform, and deliver structured threat data: tracking malware infrastructure, phishing campaigns, spam networks, command-and-control systems, and more. You will play a key role in driving architectural improvements and ensuring the platform scales effectively as it continues to grow. What You'll Do: Data Pipeline Ownership: Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that collect, transform, and deliver structured threat intelligence data powering the Security Intelligence Graph. Architecture GitHub Actions experience is a plus. Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools; Terraform experience is a plus. Comfort working with high-volume, complex, and unstructured data. Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to debug both software and data issues. Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently while delivering high-quality results. Interest in or familiarity with security data domains such as threat infrastructure, malware, or network telemetry. Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications: Experience or interest in cybersecurity data domains such as malware analysis, phishing detection, or network telemetry. Experience working with graph-based data systems or security intelligence platforms. The base salary range for this full-time position is $152,000-$228,500. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary displayed reflects the range for new hire salaries for the

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