Software Engineer- SOC Platform (Ruby/Rails)

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Location: Remote US

Compensation Range: $140,000 to $160,000 base plus bonus and equity  

What We Do:

Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Whether creating purpose-built security solutions, hunting down hackers, or impacting our community, our people go above and beyond to change the security game and make a real difference.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at the price of an affordable SaaS application. The Huntress difference is our One Team advantage: our technology is designed with our industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from our service.

We protect 4M+ endpoints and 7M+ identities worldwide, elevating underresourced IT teams with protection that works as hard as they do. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting.

What You’ll Do:

The Huntress team is looking for an innovative and highly motivated Software Engineer with excellent problem-solving and communication skills. As a Software Engineer at Huntress, you will join a feature delivery team in the design, development, and high-quality release of software features for the Huntress Managed Security Portal that provides for automated detection and human-powered threat hunting. You will focus on creating the technical vision for new and exciting features from the product roadmap. You’ll be working with a smart and diverse team of problem solvers who exhibit high energy, deep technical skills, and a drive to get things done.   

Responsibilities: 

• Design, develop, and maintain features and internal tools for the Huntress Managed Security Portal using Ruby on Rails and related technologies.

• Translate acceptance criteria into functional workflows, data models, and clean, maintainable code.
• Collaborate closely with security researchers, platform engineers, and SOC analysts to deliver solutions that strengthen detection and response capabilities.
• Implement and refine data processing pipelines to extract actionable insights from large and complex datasets.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables through thorough code reviews, automated and manual testing, and attention to performance and scalability.
• Contribute to team discussions on technical design, estimation, and continuous improvement of development practices.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle from design and implementation to deployment and support.

What You Bring To The Team:

• 4+ years of experience developing complex software products 
• 2+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails
• Experience reviewing code, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo
• Experience with Clickhouse database
• Experience with AWS Cloud Environments
• Experience building cybersecurity products or building a SOC platform
• Experience with JavaScript
• Experience working on Linux-based infrastructure
• Experience with databases such as Postgres

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. 

Huntress uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in reviewing and evaluating job applications, including resume screening, skills assessment, and candidate matching and comparisons. These AI tools support our human recruiters in the initial review process but do not make final hiring decisions without human involvement. By submitting your application, you acknowledge this use of AI in our recruitment process. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice for more details on our practices and your data privacy rights.

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