Staff Software Engineer - Core Platform (Ruby/Rails)

📋 Job Overview

Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. That pushes defenders like us to operate at the highest level, and it deepens our need for good people who want to make a meaningful impact.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. That’s why we build our technology in-house and back it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC). As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection.

Huntress now secures more than 5M endpoints and 11M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence. Every day, you can see that commitment in how we stand with our customers and how we show up for each other.

🏢 About Huntress

Huntress is looking for a highly strategic and collaborative Staff Software Engineer to drive the technical vision and architectural evolution of the Huntress Core Platform.

Our Core Platform contains the foundational components that power the entire Huntress product suite, including the notification system, onboarding, authentication, integrations, and APIs. While you will remain deeply hands-on developing the most complex features for the platform, your scope expands beyond standard delivery. You will act as the technical anchor for your team, solving our most complex scaling challenges and eliminating cross-team dependencies. You will design the systems that empower all other engineering teams to build faster and more securely, acting as a technical thought leader who ensures our architecture anticipates future growth as we scale to protect the 99%.

🎯 The Role

Design, implement and mentor engineers on the most complex features the team builds

Partner directly with the Engineering Manager to steer the team’s technical direction, improve overall team function, and set the standard for engineering excellence

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and mentor engineers on the most complex features the team builds
• Partner directly with the Engineering Manager to steer the team’s technical direction, improve overall team function, and set the standard for engineering excellence
• Take ownership of cross-team dependencies, actively collaborating with multiple engineering teams to eliminate roadblocks and ensure smooth feature delivery.
• Drive the Architectural Decision Record (ADR) process for major technical changes that impact the wider codebase or require alignment across multiple functions
• Focus on the entire lifecycle of the system, including evolution, configuration and technical risk management
• Mentor and coach engineers across the team, acting as a positive role model who promotes collaboration and engagement

📌 Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing complex software products, with a proven track record of acting as the senior technical anchor for a team
• 5+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails, ideally with experience managing and scaling large monoliths
• Strong architectural experience, including a history of driving technical design decisions (ADRs) and managing system lifecycles, configuration and technical risk
• Experience with AWS or other public cloud environments, Linux-based infrastructure and advanced database management at scale
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Ability to grasp new tools and technologies quickly
• Ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks at a time in a fast-paced environment, often operating independently
• Demonstrated ability to take highly ambiguous requirements or multi-team initiatives and decompose them into actionable work for the team
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and coordinate smoothly across multiple teams, product managers, and leadership
• Experience partnering directly with Engineering Managers or Product Leaders to set team-level technical strategy and balance tech debt with product delivery
• Experience with AI coding tools and workflows, with the ability to help the wider team adopt them effectively, responsibly, and pragmatically

🎁 Benefits

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

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

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 small businesses.