Expel is looking to solve the problem of transforming chaotic, unstructured data into an organized and enriched stream of information for security analysts to use in real-time threat detection. The quality and structure of the data produced directly impacts the ability to protect customers from threats, and this role is foundational to the detection strategy.
Requirements
- Professional experience developing in Go and/or Python.
- Expertise in real-time data processing and stream-based architectures (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Beam) and data serialization formats (e.g., Avro, Protobuf).
- Proven experience with data modeling, and an understanding of (or strong desire to learn) common information models like OCSF.
- Hands-on experience with cloud and data technologies like Google Cloud (BigQuery, Pub/Sub) or AWS equivalents.
Responsibilities
- Architect and own the real-time systems that transform a firehose of raw security logs into a perfectly structured, enriched, and analysis-ready data stream.
- Become our expert on security data schemas, leading the charge on data modeling and the adoption of common information models like the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF).
- Drive the technical strategy for enriching our data, integrating threat intelligence and other contextual information to make our detection capabilities smarter.
- Collaborate closely with our detection and response engineers to understand their needs and deliver data that empowers them to find and stop threats faster.
- Lead and mentor other engineers, setting the bar for building performant, resilient, and scalable data transformation systems.
Other
- A passion for data quality and a deep appreciation for the power of a well-designed data model.
- An obsession with performance, latency, and building highly efficient, real-time systems.
- The ability to lead through influence, communicate complex ideas clearly, and mentor other senior engineers.
- Typically 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Authorized to work in the United States. We do not currently sponsor immigration visas.
