Lead Software Engineer, Malware Analysis Platform

Lead Software Engineer, Malware Analysis Platform

Lead Software Engineer

Develop and maintain scalable infrastructure for malware static and dynamic analysis.

Location: Amsterdam

Job Tags: Software

About The Role

You will develop, run, and maintain Recorded Future’s state‑of‑the‑art malware analysis sandbox. Your work will include extending data processing capabilities to deliver rich malware reports through static and dynamic analysis, building infrastructure to run diverse workloads managing over 10PB of data, running millions of VMs a day, and processing terabytes of data every hour. You will also develop web services to help users interact with the sandbox and build tools to customize and analyze operating systems and hypervisors for malware analysis.

Responsibilities

• Extend our data processing capabilities to provide rich reports on malware through static and dynamic analysis.
• Build tools and infrastructure to run our diverse workloads. You will manage over 10PB of data, run millions of VMs a day, and process terabytes of data every hour.
• Build web services to help users effectively interact with Sandbox.
• Build tools to customize and analyze operating systems and hypervisors for malware analysis (Windows, Unix, Android, QEMU, etc.).

Qualifications

• You are comfortable working asynchronously.
• You are proficient with at least one back‑end language, preferably Go.
• You have a proven track record of building high‑quality software (through past experience, projects or contributions).
• You like to automate repetitive tasks.

It is a plus if you have experience with:

• Linux
• PostgreSQL
• QEMU
• Implementing RFCs and protocols

Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Recorded Future will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

Recorded Future does not administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. This is in compliance with the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in alignment with our hiring practices across all jurisdictions.