Principal Researcher (Wildfire)

Your CareerWe are seeking a highly motivated and experienced security researcher to join our growing security team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of our efforts to combat the ever-evolving landscape of digital threats. You will be responsible for tracking malware and threat trends, designing and building innovative detection mechanisms, and leading the development of machine learning models to protect our systems and customers. This is a hands-on role that requires a unique blend of skills in threat research, software engineering, and machine learning.Your ImpactThreat & Malware Analysis: Proactively track and research emerging threat actors, malware families, and attack techniques. Analyze threat data to identify trends and patterns, and translate this intelligence into actionable detection strategiesInnovative Detection Development: Find and develop novel methods for detecting threats across our environment. This includes static and dynamic analysis, behavioral monitoring, and heuristic-based detectionFull-Cycle Software Engineering: Participate in and lead the complete software development lifecycle for our security solutions. This includes gathering requirements, architecting, designing, developing, testing, deploying, and providing operational support for the tools and systems you buildMachine Learning Leadership: Lead end-to-end machine learning projects for threat detection. This encompasses defining the model architecture, sourcing and preparing data, building and managing training pipelines, deploying models into production, and monitoring their performanceResearch & Publication: Disseminate research findings and contribute to the security community by publishing results in technical blogs, industry white papers, and academic papers