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Principal Software Engineer - Agentic SOC

HuntressUnited States of AmericaPlatform Engineering
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Salary
$215K to $240K
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Principal · 15+ yrs
Posted
6 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Huntress is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to head the development of an Agentic SOC system in the United States. This remote position suits an experienced software leader with a strong security background who wants to build production-grade LLM agents that augment human security analysts.

Role Overview

The Principal Software Engineer will own the technical architecture and direction for the Agentic SOC initiative at Huntress. The role focuses on building systems where LLM-based agents investigate detection signals, gather telemetry, and make well-documented determinations about potential threats. This position is fully remote within the United States and involves close collaboration with SOC analysts, detection engineers, and product teams to scale enterprise-grade cybersecurity protection.

Key Responsibilities

Own the architecture of agentic investigation, defining how signals move into investigation, how state is managed, and what a finished investigation contains.
Build agents that investigate like strong analysts by translating human triage and investigation workflows into agent behavior.
Remove toil from analysts' plates by building LLM-powered pre-processing tools that summarize, correlate, and highlight critical data sources.
Integrate a security mindset into agent design to manage untrusted attacker-influenced data, multi-tenant isolation, and auditability.
Treat evaluation as a core product component by defining metrics, labeled datasets, and regression gates for non-deterministic systems.
Determine system autonomy levels using measured performance data to decide when an agent acts independently or hands off to a human.
Build reliable, production-ready systems that handle latency, cost, and model changes at scale while maintaining clear traceability.
Prototype solutions for uncertain problems, derisk approaches, and act as the technical face of the Agentic SOC across engineering and leadership.

Requirements

15+ years of experience developing complex software products, including significant time as a technical lead on production systems.
Hands-on experience designing, shipping, and operating production LLM-based agents, covering tool use, context management, structured output, guardrails, and evaluation.
A track record of building evaluation for non-deterministic systems, including labeled datasets, offline evaluations, and regression gates.
A security mindset with experience building systems that handle untrusted input, enforce multi-tenant isolation, and produce verifiable audit trails.

Skills and Tools

Large Language Models (LLMs)
LLM-based agents
Tool use and context management for AI agents
Non-deterministic system evaluation frameworks

Salary and Benefits

Base salary compensation ranging from $215,000 to $240,000
Bonus and equity offerings

About the Company

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first cybersecurity company working to make enterprise-grade security accessible to businesses of all sizes. The organization builds technology in-house and backs it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center, currently securing more than 5 million endpoints and 16 million identities worldwide.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply directly on the official Huntress careers page.

Skills and tech stack

LLMLarge Language ModelsLLMsAWSAzureDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

What is the location requirement for this role?

The position is remote within the United States only.

What is the salary range for the Principal Software Engineer position?

The base salary ranges from $215,000 to $240,000, plus bonus and equity.

How many years of experience are required?

The role requires 15+ years of experience developing complex software products, including significant time as a technical lead on production systems.

What is the primary goal of the Agentic SOC system?

The system is designed to augment human analysts by handling high-volume, repetitive investigative work and pre-processing telemetry so analysts can focus on complex cases and hands-on intrusions.

Who does this position report to?

The role reports to the Director of Engineering.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Huntress careers page.

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