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We reveal what is happening in the very infrastructure that sustains businesses, lives, and communities, and ensure the integrity of networks, data, systems, and processes. Organizations rely on ExtraHop to provide visibility into the cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and network performance issues that evade their existing security and IT tools. With this insight, organizations can investigate smarter, stop threats faster, and keep operations running.\nOur mission is fueled by a profound social and moral responsibility to be the best at what we do, ensuring a secure world where everyone can thrive. If this sounds like a place you’d like to spend the next chapter of your career, we’d love to hear from you. \nPosition Summary\nExtraHop is at the forefront of innovation in the cybersecurity space, delivering cutting-edge Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions that empower organizations to detect, respond to, and mitigate cyber risks in real time.\nJoin ExtraHop as a Software Engineer III and help us build a fault-resilient, highly available, and customer-centric platform. In this role you will work as part of a collaborative engineering team to build a scalable and secure platform and deliver customer-facing AI/ML features that enable security teams to stop threats in their tracks. This is a rewarding opportunity for an engineer who is obsessed with customer success, passionate about building reliable software, and learning new technologies that contribute to AI/ML-powered security capabilities in production systems.\nOur services and features are written primarily in Python, with a focus on security, scalability, stability, and type-first design. Our team develops public REST APIs, solves database scalability challenges, implements data migrations, and enables configuration management across our fleet of services. The R(x) 360 Platform is built on AWS and GCP and utilizes Terraform to define Infrastructure-as-Code across our services and high-throughput data pipelines.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelop, test, and maintain software components that support AI/ML models, agentic processes, and data pipelines.\nContribute to the monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of algorithms used in behavioral detectors.\nParticipate in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical discussions.\nCollaborate with senior engineers, data scientists, and threat researchers to integrate AI/ML features into the broader product architecture.\nImplement well-scoped features and technical improvements with limited guidance from senior team members.\nWrite clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to engineering standards and best practices.\nHelp identify and address technical debt to continually improve our codebase and technical stack.\nStay current on the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and technologies to contribute to product enhancements.\nAssist in the documentation of product features, technical specifications, and engineering guides.\nSupport a culture of curiosity, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n4+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in backend, cloud, or security related systems.\nSolid knowledge of Python, with strong general programming fundamentals.\nExperience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development practices.\nFamiliarity with containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker).\nStrong problem-solving skills, a self-starter mentality, and the ability to take ownership and deliver well-defined technical tasks.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently with limited guidance in a fast-paced team environment.\nDesire to grow in the intersection of software engineering, cybersecurity, and AI/Machine Learning\nPreferred Qualifications\nFamiliarity with machine learning, statistics, or a related quantitative discipline.\nExperience with other languages such as Go, or an equivalent programming language. \nFamiliarity with building distributed, highly available cloud based systems, preferably on AWS.\nExperience with cloud services on AWS or Azure (EKS / RDS / S3 / SQS / EC2 / IAM).\nExperience with infrastructure as a software tooling, such as HashiCorp (Packer, Vault, Terraform).\nExperience in API development, PostgreSQL database design, or SQL query performance optimization.\nFamiliarity with machine learning applications in cybersecurity or NDR environments.\nKnowledge of tools and frameworks commonly used in network detection and response.\nUnderstanding of threat detection, intrusion prevention, and incident response strategies.\nThe salary range for this role is $145,000 - $163,000 + bonus + benefits\nABOUT EXTRAHOP \n\nExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to offer enterprises unparalleled visibility, context, and control against emerging threats. The platform integrates NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics, providing a single, comprehensive solution. By decrypting and analyzing complete packet-level data at wire speed and leveraging cloud-scale machine learning, ExtraHop empowers Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time across their entire hybrid infrastructure, including data center, cloud, and SASE environments.\nThis comprehensive approach and market innovation have earned ExtraHop unique recognition as the only NDR vendor acknowledged as a leader by all major analyst firms, including the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2025 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2025 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response. Since 2007, ExtraHop has consistently helped organizations worldwide extract in-depth network telemetry and contextual insights, affirming its commitment to protecting and empowering the connected enterprise.\nOUR VALUES\nOur culture is rooted in our five Values. These set the expectations for how we work individually and collectively as a team. \nLead with Purpose: We are driven to deliver results that create a positive impact for our customers, partners, and colleagues.\nAct with Integrity: We operate with transparency, authenticity, and always in the best interest of the company. \nFind a Way: We are resourceful, tackle hard problems with a sense of urgency and ownership, and do what it takes to get the job done.\nInnovate: We listen to customers, partners, and the market, and respectfully push boundaries and challenge the status quo.\nShare Success: We run together, we win together. We value diverse perspectives, hold space for all voices, and achieve the best results as a team. \nBENEFITS\nEmployees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. Employees and their families will have the option to participate in the following benefits:\nHealth, Dental, and Vision Benefits\nFlexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time\nNon-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan\nFSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable\nEducational Reimbursement\n401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable\nPet Insurance (US Only)\nParental Leave (US Only)\nHybrid and Remote Work Model\nOur people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge against cyber criminals. Join the fight today! \nTo learn more, visit our websiteor follow us onLinkedIn. \nCreate a Job Alert\nInterested in building your career at ExtraHop? 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