Founded in 2015 as a fully remote company by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress was built on a simple premise: to force hackers to earn every inch of their access.

Today’s cyber-attacks aren’t limited to large organizations with the security tools that can ward off threats. Hackers don't discriminate and will find a way to penetrate any vulnerability in any size business, which is why Huntress focuses on protecting those small to midsize businesses that make up the backbone of our economy.

Huntress stops hidden threats that sneak past preventive security tools by utilizing our award-winning security platform and expert human threat hunters through dynamic products, including Managed EDR, MDR for Microsoft 365, and Managed Security Awareness Training.

Join the hunt and help us stop hackers in their tracks!

About the Role:

The Huntress Threat Operations team has the unique honor of waking up every morning knowing we’re going to make hackers regret targeting our partners and customers. As a Principal Security Researcher, we’re looking for someone who wants to pour all of their creativity into building and implementing simple solutions that are disproportionately effective at countering these constantly evolving threats. Competitive candidates have experience managing, deploying, and securing environments utilizing a wide variety of security software, best practices, and automation tools. Familiarity with product management, incident response, host-based threat hunting, malware analysis, configuration management, antivirus technologies, and managed service provider tools are additional ways to differentiate yourself.

As you can imagine, success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. An effective Principal Security Researcher fosters highly collaborative environments between the Product, Engineering, and Threat Operations teams to accelerate our mission and secure the 99% of businesses that fall below the enterprise poverty line. This collaboration is needed to produce and prioritize a unified technical vision that ultimately delivers our most impactful features and capabilities.

We defend over 2.5 Million endpoints across 100,000+ mid-sized and small business customers, and that number continues to grow each month. Considering this market’s tighter budget, it’s not financially possible to dedicate human analysts to each client. The R&D team addresses this challenge head-on by building and scaling highly automated efficiencies—often lightly augmented by our Threat Analysts—that make intruders earn every inch of their access while maintaining affordability and healthy gross margins.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Identify innovative ways to detect Windows OS threats
Develop cross-platform features that leverage telemetry from common OS subsystems such as file system, memory, process, and network activity
Research and development of sensor capabilities to provide visibility and detection support for attack techniques across supported Windows OS versions
Work collaboratively to implement detection logic
Identify and evaluate new telemetry opportunities
Identify and address gaps in product coverage
Respond to product escalations
Perform False Positive and False Negative investigations
Lead product research initiatives to develop and evaluate security product strategies and technologies
Coordinate with Product and Engineering teams to integrate and operationalize solutions developed by Threat Operations teams
Develop internal and external technical documentation to educate customers and communicate research findings to adjacent teams about security risks and opportunities
Mentor and teach technical expertise to advance the broader community
Promote Huntress’ reputation through media interaction, public speaking, CFPs, CTFs, and blogs

Qualifications:

Expert in Windows OS internals, components, APIs, and design
Prior experience with Windows OS kernel coding and device drivers
Experience testing EDRs, bypasses, and evasion techniques
Comfortable reverse engineering and using debuggers
Proficiency in multiple programming/scripting languages, such as C/C++/C#, PowerShell, and Python
Commitment to clear documentation of research findings
Experience with MITRE ATT&CK matrix, SIGMA, Yara, and Elasticsearch/Kibana

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 paid parental leave
Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
401(k) with 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
Life and Disability insurance plans
Stock options for all full-time employees
One-time $500 reimbursement to build/upgrade home office
Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
$75 USD/month digital reimbursement
Access to both Udemy and BetterUp platforms 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 small businesses.

Accommodations:

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or participating 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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Greg Ake

Researcher Tech Lead

GROWTH STRATEGY

Welcome to the team

“When I started my own business, I never wanted to work for someone else ever again — and yet here I am at Huntress,” said Senior Threat Research and Cyber SME Greg Ake. The decision to let his EDR company, Level Effect, get acquired in 2020 came down to a sense of trust, he said. “The transparency, mission and proven track record of the company alleviated any concern of relinquishing the project,” Ake continued. ”Knowing what Huntress is trying to do, what we are capable of and who is involved in these endeavors, you can bring about real change and understand where everybody’s at.”

We don’t have any of the gatekeeping you get with a traditional bureaucracy. Everyone understands what the goal is.

Jamie Levy

Director of R&D

PURPOSE DRIVEN

Behind enemy lines

A developer with more than 10 years of experience working in digital forensics and incident response, Jamie Levy is happiest when her day job encompasses both development and investigative work. The Director of R&D relishes her position as an ally for the 99 percent, leaving her previous role away from enemy lines to aid in Huntress’ mission. “I felt like I needed to get back to chasing the bad guys,” Levy said. “Working at Huntress gives me the perfect opportunity to build things while also giving smaller companies the tools they need to survive.”

There’s something to be said for being scrappy and protecting companies that need help.

Sharon Martin

Lead Product Owner

SKY’S THE LIMIT

Choose your own adventure

United by a collective desire to make the world a safer place, Huntress is committed to creating a work environment that attracts the best and brightest in the industry. The cybersecurity company provides team members with the tools and resources they need to continue growing and advancing their careers. “Support-wise, the sky’s the limit,” Technical Product Owner Sharon Martin said. “If someone on the team is interested in moving over to another role within Huntress and is highly motivated about the move, we’ll find a way to make that move possible.”

My approach to leadership is pretty simple: to make working here a positive and rewarding experience so that the people on my team naturally strive to do their best.