Come join Deepwatch’s team of world-class cybersecurity professionals and the brightest minds in the industry. If you're ready to challenge yourself with work that matters, then this is the place for you. We're redefining cybersecurity as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. – and we have a blast doing it!
Who We Are
Deepwatch is the leader in managed security services, protecting organizations from ever-increasing cyber threats 24/7/365. Powered by Deepwatch’s cloud-based security operations platform, Deepwatch provides the industry’s fastest, most comprehensive detection and automated response to cyber threats together with tailored guidance from dedicated experts to mitigate risk and measurably improve security posture. Hundreds of organizations, from Fortune 100 to mid-sized enterprises, trust Deepwatch to protect their business.
Our core values drive everything we do at Deepwatch, including our approach to tackling tough cyber challenges. We seek out tenacious individuals who are passionate about solving complex problems and protecting our customers. At Deepwatch, every decision, process, and hire is made with a focus on improving our cybersecurity solutions and delivering an exceptional experience for our customers. By embracing our values, we create a culture of excellence that is dedicated to empowering our team members to explore their potential, expand their skill sets, and achieve their career aspirations, which is supported by our unique annual professional development benefit.
Deepwatch recognition includes:
- 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 Great Place to Work® Certified
- 2024 Military Times Best for Vets Employers
- 2024 US Department of Labor Hire Vets Gold Award
- 2024 Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers
- 2024 Cyber Defense Magazine, Global Infosec Awards
- 2023 and 2022 Fortress Cybersecurity Award
- 2023 $180M Series C investment from Springcoast Capital Partners, Splunk Ventures, and Vista Credit Partners of Vista Equity Partners
- 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for MDR
Deepwatch is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of world-class cybersecurity professionals. In this role, you will contribute to the planning, design, development, and maintenance of Deepwatch’s Cyber Resilience Platform. You will be responsible for building tools that support threat detection, incident response and security automation. This highly collaborative development team focuses on handling complex issues, solving time-sensitive problems, and delivering robust solutions at scale.
In this role, you’ll get to:
- Develop internal tools to support and optimize workflows that lead to consistent results
- Develop product features that powers the Deepwatch Platform
- Write highly reusable code along with associated unit testing and end-to-end testing and contribute to software architecture design
- Develop integrations with security tools (e.g., EDRs, SIEMs, Ticketing Systems, Threat Intelligence Feeds)
- Collaborate with Deepwatch Experts and stakeholders across the organization
- Utilize and integrate AI into all that you do
- Learn and advance your career in a fast-changing industry, leveraging the company’s unique professional development benefits and matching policies to support our growth
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to:
- 8+ years of experience in object-oriented programming and knowledge building out either REST or GraphQL APIs with automated unit testing and knowledge of microservices architecture
- Demonstrate programming proficiency languages and frameworks such as Java, Spring, Python, Go
- Have a good working knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or equivalent
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with version control systems such as git and CI/CD processes and tools
- Experience with agile development processes and test-driven development
- Experience with secure coding standards such as OWASP and be willing to adapt to best practices
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, OpenSearch, Snowflake or other data pipeline and orchestration tools
- Be self-driven, hold yourself accountable for outcomes, and manage your own time working in a flexible and remote-first environment
Preferred Skills
- Strong working knowledge of containerization such as Kubernetes and Docker
- Strong understanding of authentication, security, caching, and testing principles
- Understanding of log analysis, alert triage workflows, and incident response playbooks
- Experience integrating with or building components for SOAR and Data Lake platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform
- Experience with configuration management/automation such as Ansible
What We Offer:
Deepwatch is excited to provide benefits designed to support team members and their families. Including:
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off (FTO), 9 company holidays, sick leave and 8-Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Unique professional development benefits, starting at $3,000 annually
- Wellness contests and monthly educational programs
- 401(K) retirement program with employer match
- Learn more here: Deepwatch Benefits
We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you. Please review our DEI Statement here.
- Be interested in and able to work remotely from a home office when not at a corporate office
- Pass a pre-employment background check in accordance with applicable laws
Deepwatch is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
By submitting your application, you agree that Deepwatch may collect your personal data for recruiting, global organization planning, and related purposes. The Deepwatch Privacy Policy explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, our purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Deepwatch’s use of your personal information.
Deepwatch Denver, Colorado, USA Office
Denver Office and SOC Denver Tech Center location - not staffed 24x7, this office is available for local employees and is used for customer and internal functions and meetings as required.
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