Senior Software Architect

Reports to: CTO, Head of New Products

Location: Remote US 

Compensation Range: $230,000 to $260,000 base plus bonus and equity

What We Do:

Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. That pushes defenders like us to operate at the highest level, and it deepens our need for good people who want to make a meaningful impact.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. That’s why we build our technology in-house and back it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC). As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection.

Huntress now secures more than 5M endpoints and 11M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence. Every day, you can see that commitment in how we stand with our customers and how we show up for each other.

What You’ll Do: 

As a Senior Architect, you will work in the Innovation department, reporting to and collaborating with the CTO, as a dedicated "Zero to One" specialist. While your peers focus on expanding current products and scaling the backbone of our existing platform, your mission is to incubate the next generation of Huntress products from scratch. 

You will work at the bleeding edge of cybersecurity, turning raw ideas and emerging threat research into functional, high-performance prototypes. This role is for a builder who thrives in ambiguity and can bridge the gap between a "napkin sketch" and a production-ready architectural foundation. You will partner directly with the co-founders and product leaders to de-risk new technologies and define the technical future of how we defend against tomorrow's adversaries.

Responsibilities:  

• Incubate New Products: Lead the "Zero to One" phase for new cybersecurity offerings, moving from concept to high-fidelity prototype.
• Rapid Prototyping: Build core libraries and initial services for new products, primarily using Go and Ruby.
• Architect for Novelty: Design flexible, scalable architectures for experimental products that can eventually integrate into the broader Huntress platform.
• Technical De-risking: Solve the hardest early-stage problems, proving that new detection methods or data ingestion styles are viable at scale.
• Collaborative Innovation: Partner with Researchers and Product teams to translate complex adversarial behaviors into automated response capabilities.
• Strategic Influence: Act as a technical proxy for the CTO when evaluating "build vs. buy" decisions for new product lines.
• Mentor and Enable: Establish engineering standards for new projects and mentor engineers as they transition into these emerging product teams.

What You Bring To The Team:  

• Proven Builder Track Record: Extensive experience taking technical products from initial concept to launch.
• Innovation Mindset: A "strong opinions, weakly held" approach, comfortable with rapid pivots and being proven wrong by data or prototypes.
• Full-Stack Architectural Depth: Understanding of the 'sensor-to-cloud' journey, from endpoint telemetry to actionable backend intelligence.
• Polyglot Engineering Skills: Proficiency in multiple languages (preference for Go and Ruby) and a willingness to lead by doing in the codebase.
• Business Translation: Ability to negotiate trade-offs with teams and leaders at all levels of the company.
• Scaling Foresight: While focused on "Zero to One," you understand how to design systems that will eventually handle millions of events per second, with the discipline to navigate tradeoffs to deliver value to customers quickly.
• Iterative progression: A bias for delivering steel threads that demonstrate well-scoped outcomes and solicit early feedback.

What We Offer: 

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• 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 the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are. 

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.  

We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit businesses of all sizes.

Accommodations: 

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response. 

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