Principal Developer

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 world.Wereproud 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.Werelooking foran Principal Developer to be part of makingthishappen.

Location: This role is open to Hybrid-Eden Prairie-MN-US Remote-US Hybrid-Waterloo-ON-CA Remote-CA.

About the Role

Arctic Wolfs Exposure Management platform built on a core foundation of Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) helps organizations discover contextualize and secure every asset across their environment. Our teams operate as empowered cross-functional product teams engineers product managers and designers collaborating to solve customer problems not just ship features. We embrace DevOps principles and believe the teams that build it own it.

As a Principal Developer you will help guide technical direction across the Exposure Management product area contributing to architectural decisions raising the bar on engineering practices and mentoring engineers across multiple teams. You are a go-to expert who helps unblock complex problems. Your work has executive-level visibility and helps shape how we build and scale the platform in pursuit of Arctic Wolfs mission to End Cyber Risk.

Who You Are

• Mission-driven and outcome-focused you connect daily work to customer impact and business results

• A self-starter who is proactive curious and constantly looking to improve yourself the people around you and the processes you work within

• Customer-focused you build empathy for the problems customers face and let that inform technical decisions

• A clear communicator who can present to a room read the room and adjust equally effective with engineers and executives

• Energized by working in empowered product teams where engineers own outcomes not just output

You Will

• Help guide technical direction and contribute to platform architectural strategy across multiple teams within the Exposure Management product area

• Participate in system design decisions with strong well-reasoned technology recommendations

• Review detailed designs and provide architectural feedback that accelerates delivery

• Help drive alignment on cross-team technical decisions and promote consistency across platform services

• Champion engineering principles clean design domain-driven design separation of concerns KISS and hold the bar on code quality

• Foster cross-functional collaboration within empowered product teams working alongside product management and design to balance value usability and feasibility

• Elevate engineers around you through pairing code review design discussions and knowledge sharing so that teams deliver better solutions and individuals grow in their careers

• Contribute to multi-year technology planning and roadmap discussions

• Participate in the on-call rotation and serve as a technical escalation point during incidents helping teams diagnose and resolve complex platform issues

Our Technology Stack: Rust Go Python AWS (Lambda DynamoDB Aurora PostgreSQL SQS EventBridge) GCP (Spanner)

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience as a software engineer with significant experience developing and operating SaaS platforms

• Have designed and operated multi-tenant cloud-native SaaS platforms at scale

• Deep expertise in distributed systems and multi-cloud environments (AWS and GCP)

• Strong experience with two or more of: Rust Go Python

• Grounded in engineering principles clean design domain-driven design separation of concerns KISS YAGNI and apply them pragmatically

• Demonstrated track record of elevating engineering teams whether through mentoring individuals improving team practices or raising the quality bar across multiple teams

• Contribute strategic technical recommendations with 1-3 year impact horizons

Nice to Have

• Experience in cybersecurity exposure management CAASM or adjacent security domains

• Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures at scale

• Track record of introducing new software patterns or technologies that improved platform quality

• Experience with cost optimization and scalability strategy (COGs)

Opportunity for Additional Impact

• For Principal Developers who demonstrate the capacity and desire the following are opportunities to expand your scope at this level:

  • Help shepherd technology and design choices across the Exposure Management product area

  • Contribute to the big-picture technology roadmap for the platform

  • Help drive alignment of short-term needs technical debt and long-term strategic direction

  • Participate in ensuring quality and consistency of engineering standards CI/CD and testing practices

  • Engage in broader product strategy feasibility discussions and strategic external engagements

  • Serve as a technical resource across engineering teams

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 includingTop Workplace USA(2021-2025)Best Places to Work USA(2021-2025)Great Place to Work Canada(2021-2024)Great Place to Work UK(2024-2026) andKununuTop Company Germany(2024-2026). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction with over10000 customers worldwide and more than 2000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology Arctic Wolfremainsthe 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 andinclusion andtruly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate thatby protectingpeoplesand organizations sensitive data andseekingto 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 Unityhere.

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 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 ourentireexperience asaccessible as possible and provideaccommodationsasrequiredfor candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if yourequireanyaccommodationby Hiring Pageto learn more about our application process.

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.

• This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Please note that if applicable an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.