Principal Developer, AI Detections

At Arctic Wolf you wont just watch the cybersecurity industry evolve youll help 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. Were proud to be recognized by Forbes CNBC Fortune CRN Bartner Peer Insights and IDC MarketScape but what matters most is the work behind it: delivering real outcomes for customers through award winning innovation like our Aurora Platform.

If youre looking for meaningful work smart teammates and the chance to make a real impact in a high-growth company thats redefining security operations Arctic Wolf is the right place for you!

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk.

Role: Principal Engineer AI Threat Intel Platform

We are seeking a Principal Engineer AI Threat Intel Platform to provide deep technical leadership in designing and evolving next-generation AI-driven systems that detect and mitigate emerging risks such as fraud abuse and anomalous behavior at global scale.

This is a highly influential individual contributor role operating at the intersection of agentic AI systems backend platform architecture cloud-native scalability and autonomous decision-making. You will define technical strategy architect complex systems and lead the design of LangChain/LangGraph-based reasoning frameworks scalable backend platforms MLOps pipelines and autonomous AI agents that materially enhance Arctic Wolfs proactive defense capabilities.

Candidates from cybersecurity financial services ad tech or other large-scale data and risk platforms are strongly encouraged to apply.

About Arctic Wolf Labs

Arctic Wolf Labs is our research and innovation division dedicated to advancing AI automation and data intelligence to further our mission to end cyber risk.

The Labs Engineering team works closely with AI researchers data scientists security experts and core platform teams to invent and operationalize autonomous detection systems agentic reasoning frameworks large-scale microservices platforms and advanced MLOps capabilities that push the boundaries of modern cyber defense.

About the Role

• Act as a technical authority and system architect for the AI Threat Intel Platform driving long-term architecture and design decisions.

• Lead the design and evolution of AI-driven fraud risk and anomaly detection systems operating at scale.

• Architect and build advanced agentic AI frameworks using LangChain LangGraph or similar technologies for reasoning orchestration and autonomous execution.

• Design and guide implementation of highly scalable backend platforms and microservices using Python Go and cloud-native technologies.

• Own architectural patterns for resilience performance observability and security across distributed systems.

• Design and influence event-driven real-time pipelines using AWS services such as RDS DynamoDB Lambda EKS/Kubernetes streaming and messaging frameworks.

• Define and evolve MLOps architecture including model lifecycle management deployment strategies monitoring and real-time inference at scale.

• Drive integration of LLMs and autonomous agents for dynamic pattern detection correlation decision automation and adaptive response.

• Set engineering standards for code quality testing documentation and operational excellence across teams.

• Partner with product data science threat intelligence and platform leadership to align technical execution with business and security outcomes.

• Lead complex technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority influencing through expertise and collaboration.

• Mentor senior and junior engineers grow technical talent and raise the overall engineering bar.

• Contribute to R&D initiatives technical reviews architecture forums demos and innovation programs.

About You

• 15 years of experience in software engineering backend/platform development distributed systems or applied machine learning.

• Proven track record as a Senior Staff / Principal-level engineer driving architecture and delivering complex high-impact systems.

• Deep expertise in backend and distributed systems including large-scale real-time or data-intensive platforms.

• Strong experience with fraud detection risk analytics behavioral modeling or anomaly detection in domains such as cybersecurity fintech or ad tech.

• Hands-on experience designing or integrating agentic AI systems (LangChain LangGraph Semantic Kernel or similar).

• Expert-level programming skills in Python (preferred) and/or Go.

• Strong understanding of ML frameworks such as PyTorch TensorFlow or Scikit-learn with practical production experience.

• Extensive experience with cloud-native architectures Kubernetes Docker Terraform and event-driven systems.

• Deep knowledge of MLOps data pipelines feature engineering model deployment and observability.

• Strong grasp of LLM orchestration prompt strategies evaluation and AI system reliability.

• Experience operating and scaling systems on AWS or equivalent cloud platforms.

• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous high-impact initiatives independently.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Passion for mentoring technical excellence and building durable future-proof platforms.

Dont meet all the requirements Thats okay! We still want you to apply. We have many opportunities and we are always looking for top talent.

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.

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 (2021-2025) Best Places to Work USA (2021-2025) Great Place to Work Canada (2021-2024) Great Place to Work UK (2024-2026) and Kununu Top 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 over 10000 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 annual leave paid holidays and volunteer days

• Training and career development programs

• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family life insurance (3x compensation) and personal accident insurance.

• 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 entire experience 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 accommodation by emailing View our Hiring Page to learn more about our application process.

Security Requirements

• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWNs Information Security policies standards processes and controls to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).

• Background checks are required for 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.