Senior Developer Detection Platform

At Arctic Wolf youwontjust watch the cybersecurity industry evolve youllhelp lead the change. Our global Pack is made up of people who thrive on solving hard problems moving fast and building technology that protects organizations around the to be recognized by Forbes CNBC Fortune CRN Bartner PeerInsightsand IDCMarketScape but what matters most is the work behind it: delivering real outcomes for customers through award winning innovation like our AuroraPlatform.

Ifyourelooking for meaningful work smartteammatesand the chance to make a real impact in a high-growth companythatsredefining security operationsArctic Wolf is the right place for you!

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. Were looking for a Senior Developer to be part of making that happen.

About the Role

We are an innovation team within R&D building internal products that power our Threat Intelligence and Detection authoring teams to secure our customers.

Working at petabyte scale we build systems that enhance existing detections and unlock entirely new detection capabilities. We are mission-driven to secure the customer. We dont just follow industry standards we help define them building detection systems that set the bar for whats possible in cyber defence.

The team is responsible for the ingestion correlation and operationalization of threat intelligence for both detection and research purposes. We are committed to teaching supporting and growing one another while owning outcomes end to end from greenfield ideation through to deploying industry-first detection capabilities.

This role is for a highly skilled developer responsible for delivering major product features independently mentoring team members and driving technical excellence across software development practices. The role plays a key part in architecture design and strategic initiatives.

The ideal candidate has comprehensive knowledge of software development practices mastery over writing and debugging code and provides feedback to others on the team. They perform complex programming tasks and implement software systems often including other team members as part of the effort. They assume responsibility for the quality and delivery of their code participate in architecture reviews and technical design sessions and complete major product features with little or no guidance while resolving dependencies across teams.

Our team is collaborative and cross-functional working closely with data scientists security researchers and SOC analysts. We maintain a high-quality bar with a culture of consistent iteration monitoring and improvement and regularly meet with internal customers to understand their needs and design solutions that address them.

Responsibilities

• Consistent and active participation in team development activities including daily scrums retrospectives Test Fest and related ceremonies. Consistently embodies team values and upholds others to.

• Joins daily standup and takes on tasks by priority such as proactively selecting the next story.

• Supports the on-call rotation.

• Supports other developers by unblocking them and providing training as needed.

• Sets standards for maintainable code practices and continuously improves them.

• Embodies quality from requirements use cases design and code.

• Completes complex programming tasks.

• Participates in and often owns architecture and high-level design meetings.

• Reviews peers code and provides detailed feedback.

• Takes an active role in retrospectives Test Fest and similar activities.

• Takes ownership of cross-functional dependencies and aligns with other teams.

• Coaches through pairing code examples and knowledge share sessions.

• Reviews and provides input to high-level designs.

• Maintains awareness of business objectives identifies how work applies to those objectives and identifies new opportunities for work to support business objectives.

• Understands design patterns and design anti-patterns.

• Helps grow and develop others on the team.

• Mentors junior team members.

• Identifies and addresses technical debt and system bottlenecks raising and resolving risks.

• Aligns deliverables with broader business objectives and OKRs.

• Designs and delivers Proofs of Concept (POCs) for high-impact projects.

• Leads brainstorming sessions for architectural and strategic initiatives.

• Works on Proofs of Concept (POCs) to clarify approaches.

• Identifies patterns and anti-patterns to drive best practices.

• Innovates solutions that address strategic goals.

• Leads high-impact cross-functional initiatives.

• Removes complex technical debt in the system.

• Provides strategy and direction.

• Identifies better together solutions.

• Provides strategic direction on complex technical challenges.

• Actively mentors engineers on a regular weekly cadence.

• Works across multiple repositories and teams.

• Conducts knowledge sharing sessions.

• Leads technical workshops.

• Works with multiple stakeholders including PMs and PgMs.

• Drives post-mortems and retrospectives.

About You

• Enthusiastic collaborative team player ready to accept the challenge to end cyber risk

• Takes full ownership of outcomes a true product engineer at heart you drive work from ideation through delivery and beyond treating every product as your own and holding yourself accountable for its real-world impact

• Experienced working directly with internal customers - identifying pain points and turning them into innovative implemented solutions

• Hands-on building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines on cloud-based platforms

• Proficient with at least one major cloud platform (AWS Azure or GCP) and its native data and compute services

• Familiar with streaming frameworks like Kafka Spark Structured Streaming or Flink

• Experience designing and shipping production-grade RESTful or gRPC APIs with a strong grasp of scaling and throughput management

• Skilled at scaling stateless and stateful services under production load including low-latency multi-regional backend systems

• Grounded in security best practices and standards

• Comfortable deploying and operating services in containerized environments such as Kubernetes

• Comfortable and pragmatic about AI - you adopt it where it delivers real value and hold a high bar for quality and ROI

Success in this Role

• Takes full ownership of major product features and ensures successful delivery

• Drives alignment between engineering deliverables and organizational strategy

• Establishes best practices and introduces innovative solutions to systemic challenges

• Introduces innovative solutions to organizational problems

• Drives systemic improvements and sets best practices

• Drives innovation and alignment across the organization

• Resolves systemic technical challenges while advancing strategic initiatives

• Improves team processes and decision-making

• Aligns outcomes with organizational goals

On-Camera Policy
To support a fair transparent and engaging interview experience candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews. Being on camera fosters authentic connection improves communication and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers. We understand that technical bandwidth or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.

About Arctic Wolf

At Arctic Wolf we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought background and culture. This is reflected in our multiple awards including Top Workplace USA (2021-2024) Best Places to Work USA (2021-2024) Great Place to Work Canada (2021-2024) Great Place to Work UK (2024) and Kununu Top Company Germany (2024). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction with over 7000 customers worldwide and more than 2000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology Arctic Wolf remains the most trusted name in the industry.

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate thatby protecting peoples and organizations sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages including:

• Equity for all employees

• Flexible time off and paid volunteer days

• RRSP and 401k match

• Training and career development programs

• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical mental health dental disability life and AD&D and value-added services

• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services

• Fertility support and paid parental leave

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex orientation national origin age disability genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal provincial or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming accessible respectful and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such we strive to make our entireemployeeexperience as accessible as possible and provideaccommodationsas required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing

Security Requirements

• Conducts duties and responsibilitiesin accordance withAWNs Information Security policies standardsprocessesand controls to protect the confidentialityintegrityand availability of AWN business information (in accordance withour employee handbook and corporate policies).

• Background checks arerequiredfor this position.