# Principal Software Engineer at Recorded Future

- Company: Recorded Future
- What the company does: Get real-time, actionable cyber threat intelligence with Recorded Future. Mitigate cyber risks, prioritize threats, and proactively secure your organization. Backed by GV and Insight.
- Company website: https://www.recordedfuture.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Washington, DC
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $152K to $229K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/recordedfuture/jobs/8548015002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/recorded-future-principal-software-engineer-2/

## About the role

Recorded Future is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Engineering team, responsible for building and scaling the pipelines that power the Security Intelligence Graph. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work across application code and infrastructure to collect, transform, and deliver structured threat data: tracking malware infrastructure, phishing campaigns, spam networks, command-and-control systems, and more.

## What they're looking for

- Familiarity with data lake storage frameworks such as Delta Lake and graph databases such as AWS Neptune or Neo4j
- Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or AWS RDS, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Elasticsearch
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions experience
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools, Terraform experience
- Experience or interest in cybersecurity data domains such as malware analysis, phishing detection, or network telemetry
- Experience working with graph-based data systems or security intelligence platforms

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