Senior Security Research Engineer

Elastic

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $133,100–$210,600 / yr
Posted: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $172k

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This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $151,493–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Research Engineer

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Senior Security Research Engineer The Senior Security Research Engineer joins the Security Endpoint Protections team to research, design, and build visibility and prevention capabilities for Elastic Defend. This role involves investigating emerging attacker techniques such as in-memory threats, credential theft, and ransomware to develop robust protections. You will be responsible for building and extending endpoint visibility across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms while developing high-performance C/C++ and Python code for millions of endpoints. Key responsibilities include reverse engineering malware, analyzing evasion tactics, and ensuring production code stability. The role requires deep operating system internals knowledge in both kernel and user modes, along with expertise in identifying security-relevant structures. You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers to improve telemetry, lead technical initiatives, and contribute to the company’s research through publications and conference presentations regarding advanced threat landscapes.

Skills

C C++ Python Windows macOS Linux Reverse Engineering Malware Analysis SIEM Elasticsearch Kibana Machine Learning Vulnerability Research Exploit Development Red Teaming

What you'll do

Research emerging attacker techniques and convert them into shipped security protections.
Build and extend endpoint visibility by instrumenting new event sources across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Develop high-performance, stable C/C++ code for production use on millions of endpoints.
Reverse engineer malware to identify and mitigate evasion techniques used by attackers.
Monitor customer telemetry at scale to investigate false positives and performance regressions.
Ensure feature parity across different operating systems and hardware architectures.
Lead technical direction, conduct design reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
Publish research on Elastic Security Labs and present findings at industry conferences.

What we're looking for

6+ years of professional experience analyzing attacker TTPs and building detection methods.
6+ years of development experience in C, C++, and Python for security-critical code.
Deep knowledge of operating system internals in both kernel and user mode, specifically on Windows.
In-depth reverse engineering and malware analysis experience with various tooling.
Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development and debug complex systems.
Ability to work autonomously in a distributed team using asynchronous communication.
Experience with vulnerability research, exploit development, or red teaming is preferred.
Familiarity with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) and Elastic Security is preferred.

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