Staff Software Engineer-ESPM Platform (Ruby / Rails)

About the role

The Huntress team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with expertise in Ruby on Rails to lead the development of our new Endpoint Security Posture Management (ESPM) product. This role is crucial for shaping a market-defining solution that helps protect businesses from cyber threats.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end solutions using primarily Ruby on Rails
• Deliver code quickly and efficiently for rapid value delivery and testing
• Implement efficient data pipelines to extract relevant information from massive amounts of noise
• Collaborate with security researchers to understand hacking strategies and methods to combat them
• Be a technical thought leader for your team, providing architectural and design direction
• Continuously improve solution quality through code reviews, manual, and automated testing
• Set standards for excellence and develop processes that make the team continuously more efficient
• Lead more junior engineers to deliver larger projects, including breaking down ambiguous problems into well-defined tasks, validating designs, and serving as POC for stakeholders
• Design the systems and architecture to support processing petabytes of data efficiently

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing complex software products
• 5+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails
• Experience with AI coding tools, such as Claude Code
• Experience with relational databases, such as Postgres