Principal Product Researcher, Endpoint Security Posture Management

Location:  Remote US

Reports to: Director of Product Research

Compensation Range: $210,000 to $230,000 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.

Responsibilities:  

• Lead the security Capabilities we bring to market, owning the layered defense strategy gained by combining multiple data sources
• Convert application and endpoint vulnerability research + findings into actionable preventive and remediation actions by generating security software engineering requirements 
• Translate CVE & vendor hardware/software vulnerability research into security product development
• Reverse engineer operating system (OS) components to identify + action OS control mechanism opportunities for security product development
• Research vulnerability management automation opportunities to scale patching + security fixes for all operating systems and applications across millions of endpoints
• Report on health and security posture for millions of endpoints across tens of thousands of varied environments
• Iterate high-impact security posture baselines that align security posture to reduce & remediate risk
• Measure endpoint protection software solution effectiveness at reducing risk, closing security gaps & decreasing attacks/access
• Design, architect, and build vulnerability management scanning infrastructure and tools
• Research technical escalations for endpoint protection Capabilities
• Expert experience in configuration management across endpoint platforms - including firewalls, application control, attack surface reduction, & vulnerability management solutions
• Balance security with productivity, building an intentional alert strategy that empowers risk owners with security posture improvement opportunities that don’t create friction to business delivery
• Leverage AI for security value research
• Document research findings through technical write-ups, advisories, internal reports, and blogs.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing product features and explore new ones based on feedback from partners, prospects, peers, and industry publications.
• Coordinate with Security, Product, and Engineering teams to integrate and operationalize solutions you develop.
• Own & nurture the cross-department relationships critical to successful product delivery & launch.
• Proven organizational and program management skills, with keen attention to detail and a sense of urgency to deliver an exceptional product under tight deadline pressures.
• Eagerness to engage, report, and be accountable to executive stakeholders.
• Passion to translate your expertise in nontechnical ways to deliver impactful security outcomes that protect the 99%.
• Promote Huntress’ reputation through media appearances, public speaking engagements, and blog posts.
• Educate the public on how to be security savvy in novel and fun ways.

What You Bring To The Team: 

• Expert experience in configuration management across endpoint platforms - including firewalls, application control, attack surface reduction, & vulnerability management solutions
• Experience reverse engineering
• Experience leveraging AI to generate security outcomes
• Experience building AI agents for security research & innovation
• Expert-level security engineering & vulnerability management skills + experience
• Expert skills in performing security assessments, vulnerability testing, and risk analysis on endpoint devices
• Demonstrated experience producing proofs of concept
• Programming Skills (C/C++/Go)
• Passion for the MSP community
• Security conference presenter
• Security community educator & advocate

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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