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Principal Software Engineer

Recorded Future · Boston, MA · On-site

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About Recorded Future

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.

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
More about this role

With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!

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. You will play a key role in driving architectural improvements and ensuring the platform scales effectively as it continues to grow.

  • Data Pipeline Ownership: Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that collect, transform, and deliver structured threat intelligence data powering the Security Intelligence Graph.
  • Architecture & Scalability: Drive meaningful architectural improvements across data and platform systems to ensure long-term scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Full-Stack Engineering: Work across both application code and infrastructure, contributing to backend...

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