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Principal Security Research Engineer

Security Research Engineer

Principal Security Research Engineer position — see original posting for full details.

About the role

SpyCloud is on a mission to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground. SpyCloud ’s solutions thwart cyberattacks and protect more than 4 billion accounts worldwide. Cybersecurity is an exciting, evolving space, and being at the forefront of the fight to disrupt cybercrime makes SpyCloud a special place to work. If you’re driven to align your career with a fantastic mission, look no further!

The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of building internal security tooling and data pipelines using public cloud infrastructure, leveraging AI technologies. This role will be within SpyCloud Labs, SpyCloud ’s in-house Security Research team, and focus on building automation and other internal tooling to facilitate the collection of recaptured third-party breach and malware data. This is a full-time remote role supporting a hybrid workforce.

What You'll Do:

  • Design, implement, and maintain internal tooling for acquiring and parsing recaptured underground data.
  • Build and deploy cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code technologies.
  • Build and deploy automated CI/CD pipelines to test and deploy tooling and infrastructure.
  • Collaborate directly with the research team to support the targeting and collection of new data sources.
  • Be the subject matter expert on Security Research Engineering and the data acquisition process.
  • Leverage modern AI and LLM-based tooling to streamline development and collection workflows.
  • Constantly and independently work to identify improvements and automation opportunities in the recaptured data workflow and ETL pipelines.
  • Participate in security research including investigation of threat actors, malware, and other critical research in support of SpyCloud ’s priorities.
  • Mentor junior security researchers and engineers including providing code review and guidance on efficient code writing and professional development

Requirements:

  • 6+ years experience in a Senior role within cybersecurity engineering.
  • 6+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in the cybersecurity industry
  • Experience using AI/ML in development workflows.
  • Experience implementing AI/ML in data processing applications.
  • Highly skilled with Python. Golang proficiency a plus.
  • Experience building internal tooling and deploying using Infrastructure as Code technologies (we use Terraform and Ansible).
  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Math, Science, Engineering, or Business fields.
  • Self-directed with the ability to identify and deliver on tasks without needing direct supervision.
  • Critical thinker that is comfortable supporting collaborative problem solving in a team environment.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Highly self-motivated, empathetic, curious, and flexible.

Skills

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CompanySpyCloud
DepartmentEngineering
LocationUnited States
Experience6+ years
Tenurefull-time
LevelLead

Posted June 7, 2026

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