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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and mentoring a globally distributed engineering team while driving the development of endpoint security solutions. Possesses extensive hands-on experience in security research, machine learning, and operating system internals, with a focus on delivering high-quality features and protecting customers from adversaries.
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People-Leadership ExperienceSecurity Research ExpertiseOperating System Internals KnowledgeMachine Learning Strategy DevelopmentClear Communication Skills
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Hard Skills
Security ResearchReverse EngineeringMalware AnalysisDisassembly ReadingAttacker Tactics AnalysisEndpoint Protection DevelopmentMachine Learning EngineeringAI-Assisted Development ToolsKernel and User Mode KnowledgeProject Ownership
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationAdaptabilityMotivationClear Communication
Tools & Technologies
Elastic StackElasticsearchKibanaEndpoint Detection and Response (EDR)Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Industry Keywords
Endpoint SecuritySecurity APIsProtection CapabilitiesTechnical WritingConference Speaking
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesElasticSearchLinuxMacOS
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, mentor, and grow a world-class engineering team
- Guide senior research engineers across endpoint internals, prevention engineering, and machine learning
- Coach career development, deliver candid feedback, own the hiring pipeline, and onboard new engineers
- Own the roadmap and drive delivery across visibility, prevention engines, performance, efficacy, and stability
- Work with product managers to define requirements and deliver high-quality features on release timelines
- Connect endpoint work to broader Elastic Security detection and protection capabilities
- Direct machine learning work, including model development, training data quality, telemetry features, and broader security ML strategy
- Drive cross-platform protection parity across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Maintain relationships with platform vendors to gain early access to emerging operating system security APIs
- Support conference presentations and Elastic Security Labs publications
- Engage customers and partners on protection capabilities
- Represent Elastic in the endpoint security community
Requirements
What you’ll need- People-leadership experience managing senior technical individual contributors on a globally distributed team
- Track record of growing people and delivering results
- Substantial hands-on experience as a security researcher before moving into leadership
- Experience analyzing attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Experience building protections that counter adversaries and shipping software to customer machines at scale
- Hands-on operating system internals knowledge in kernel and user mode
- Deep Windows expertise; macOS or Linux experience close behind
- Hands-on reverse engineering and malware analysis experience
- Ability to read disassembly and assess research findings
- Ability to anticipate how protections will be evaded and design for resilience
- Clear communication skills for technical, executive, and non-expert audiences
- Motivation to thrive in a distributed, autonomous environment
- Genuine passion for protecting customers from real-world adversaries
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools
- Ability to rotate across projects, collaborate across functions and teams, and adapt to evolving team structures
- Prior ownership of an EDR, EPP, or other endpoint security product (bonus)
- Published vulnerabilities, patents, technical writing, or conference talks (bonus)
- Experience leading machine learning engineers on security problems (bonus)
- Experience taking research prototypes through to GA release (bonus)
- Conference speaking experience, such as Black Hat, DEF CON, CODE BLUE, or Virus Bulletin (bonus)
- Familiarity with the Elastic Stack, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Elastic Security (bonus)
Benefits
Comp & perks- Base salary compensation with no variable compensation component
- Eligibility to participate in Elastic's stock program
- Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Matching up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
- Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
- Competitive pay based on the work performed
- Accessibility accommodations during the application or recruiting process