Elastic

Senior Security Research Engineer

United States

Senior

REMOTE

Elastic is hiring a Senior Security Research Engineer to join the Endpoint Protections team, which builds the core visibility and prevention capabilities of Elastic Defend. In this role you will research emerging attacker techniques, instrument new event sources across Windows, macOS, and Linux, write production C/C++ code running on millions of endpoints, reverse engineer malware, and help lead the team's technical direction. The position is fully remote and offers a base salary range of $133,100–$210,600 USD (higher in select metro areas), plus equity and a comprehensive benefits package.

C

C++

Python

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Windows internals

macOS internals

Linux internals

Endpoint detection and response (EDR)

Threat research

Kernel-mode development

Telemetry instrumentation

Attacker TTP analysis

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