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Expel· Herndon, VA·1d ago

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Don’t see the role you were looking for? That’s OK. We’re adding new roles all the time. In the meantime, we want to keep in touch with you, share more about our fun culture, and all the neat things we are doing at Expel. There is no better way to stay in-the-know and for us to get to know each other than by joining our Community of Prospective Expletives!

Why work at Expel

Culture: Values include “intentionally transparent,” “get it done. do it together,” “treat people like people,” and “improve continuously.” Employee Resource Groups (BOLD for Black Expletives, WE for women, Treehouse for LGBTQ+, and Connection for mental well-being).
Work flexibility: “Flexible work hours and locations” – start early, stay late, step away; remote-friendly environment.
Benefits: 24 weeks parental leave, unlimited vacation (with encouragement to actually take it), 401(k) 100% match up to 3%, 100% medical deductible coverage, one paid conference per year, and group life/income protection (UK/Ireland roles).
Recognition: 99% of employees say management is honest and ethical, 99% felt welcome on joining, and 98% are proud to tell others they work there. Great Place to Work® certifications include Fortune Best Workplaces for Women (#12, 2023), Best Workplaces in Technology (#8, 2023), and Best Medium Workplaces (#15, 2023).

About Expel

Company Overview

One-liner: Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) security services, combining practitioner-led human analysts with AI augmentation to deliver rapid, transparent threat remediation.
Entity Type: Private (late-stage, unicorn status reached in November 2021)
Headquarters: Not explicitly stated in provided sources (publicly known as Herndon, Virginia, USA)
Founded: 2016
Founders: Dave Merkel

Core Business

Primary industry/industries: Cybersecurity, Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Target customers: B2B – enterprise and SMB organizations seeking outsourced security operations
Mission or purpose statement: “To evolve security operations through practitioner-led, AI-augmented solutions that adapt to our customers, integrate easily, and prove value with measurable outcomes”

Products & Services

Expel Managed Detection and Response (MDR): 24×7 monitoring and response using clients’ existing security tools, with direct access to human analysts via Slack or Teams. Achieves a 14-minute mean time to remediate.
Ruxie AI: Agentic AI models that work across the full threat lifecycle, accelerating analyst decision-making without replacing human judgment.
Expel Workbench™: A transparency portal providing real-time visibility into every alert, investigation, and action taken by the SOC.
Managed Phishing Service: Dedicated phishing detection and response (launched October 2020).
Partner Program: Relaunched in September 2023 with a new partner portal and program structure.

Market Standing

Valuation/Market Cap: $1B+ unicorn valuation (as of November 2021).
Key Metric: Annual revenue not publicly disclosed; total funding amount not specified in provided sources.
Notable Investors/Partners: Not specified in the provided search results.
Growth Signals:
- Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™: MDR Services, Q1 2025 (5/5 in 15 of 21 criteria).
- Five consecutive years on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Rankings.
- Expanded into EMEA (October 2022).
- 90% reduction in investigation volume and 50% improvement in recovery time for a customer.
- Recognized on multiple Great Place to Work® lists in 2023.

Competitive Advantages

AI‑intentional MDR: Ruxie AI augments human analysts across the entire threat lifecycle, delivering speed (14-minute MTTR) without sacrificing accuracy.
Full transparency: Expel Workbench gives customers real-time visibility into every alert and action – “go ahead; check our work.”
Practitioner‑led approach: Founded by industry veterans who were “fed up with MDR” noise and hidden metrics.
Vendor‑agnostic integration: Works with the security tools customers already own, minimizing disruption.
Measurable outcomes: Publishes verified results (e.g., 64% MTTR improvement for one customer).

Strategic Focus

Agentic MDR: Deepening AI capabilities to automate where it counts while keeping humans in the loop.
Global expansion: Growing presence in EMEA and building out partner channels.
Continuous improvement: Culture of “everything must get a little bit better the next time” and “measure what matters.”

Sources

expel.com – Company overview, mission, history, leadership
expel.com – Product details, MDR capabilities, Forrester recognition
expel.com – Career page, values, benefits, interview process
expel.com – Equity, inclusion & diversity, ERGs
expel.com – Great Place to Work awards and employee survey results

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