--- title: 'Principal Software Engineer | Data Science at ExtraHop' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/principal-software-engineer-data-science-extrahop-seattle-tznrgg885vrm' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Principal Software Engineer | Data Science at ExtraHop - **Company:** ExtraHop - **Location:** Seattle, WA - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/extrahopnetworks/jobs/6100830004 ## Job description At ExtraHop, we’re on a mission to protect and empower the connected enterprise. We reveal what is happening in the very infrastructure that sustains businesses, lives, and communities, and ensure the integrity of networks, data, systems, and processes. Organizations rely on ExtraHop to provide visibility into the cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and network performance issues that evade their existing security and IT tools. With this insight, organizations can investigate smarter, stop threats faster, and keep operations running. Our mission is fueled by a profound social and moral responsibility to be the best at what we do, ensuring a secure world where everyone can thrive. If this sounds like a place you’d like to spend the next chapter of your career, we’d love to hear from you. Position Summary ExtraHop is at the forefront of innovation in the cybersecurity space, delivering cutting-edge solutions to protect organizations against evolving threats. Our Network Detection and Response (NDR) products empower businesses to detect, respond to, and mitigate cyber risks in real time. We seek a Principal Software Engineer to join our product development organization and serve as a technical anchor on our NDR platform. In this role, you will drive the architecture and execution of complex, high-impact engineering initiatives that define the future of our products. You will operate with significant autonomy, influence engineering direction across teams, and mentor engineers at multiple levels while delivering software that addresses the most sophisticated challenges in network security. ## Key Responsibilities - Design, write, and maintain robust, high-performance software to deploy AI/ML models that analyze network traffic for anomalous or malicious behaviors. - Design and develop autonomous AI agent architectures and multi-agent workflows. - Collaborate with data scientists, threat researchers, and cloud teams to build high-performance services, pipelines, and tooling that accelerate ML experimentation and production workflows. - Drive engineering excellence across teams through code reviews, design reviews, and the establishment of standards, patterns, and best practices. - Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and represent engineering in conversations with senior leadership and external stakeholders. - Contribute to product strategy by bringing deep technical insight to roadmap discussions, build-vs-buy decisions, and competitive differentiation. - Lead by example. Provide technical mentorship to software engineers on the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning, optimization, and rigorous engineering discipline. Required Qualifications - Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in Principal, Lead, or Staff capacity shipping enterprise-grade software. - Expert-level programming skills in Python and Go, with an emphasis on writing production-quality, well-tested, and modular code. - Experience in machine learning, statistics, or a related quantitative discipline. - Experience building or operating production AI/ML systems, including model lifecycle management, data/training pipelines, and monitoring. - Expertise in applying machine learning or data science techniques to cybersecurity use cases such as anomaly detection, behavioral analysis, or threat classification. - Advanced understanding of threat detection methodologies, intrusion prevention systems, and incident response workflows. ## Preferred Qualifications - A strong fundamental understanding of network telemetry and protocols. - Prior experience working in the cybersecurity domain. Familiarity with threat actor techniques and common network attack vectors. - Familiarity with machine learning applications in cybersecurity. - Understanding of threat detection, intrusion prevention, and incident response strategies. - Deep experience with cloud services on AWS or Azure. - Deep experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes at production scale. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences at the executive level. The salary range for this role is $175,000 - $198,000 + bonus + benefits ## ABOUT EXTRAHOP ExtraHop is reinventing Network Detection and Response (NDR) to offer enterprises unparalleled visibility, context, and control against emerging threats. The platform integrates NDR with Network Performance Management (NPM), Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and forensics, providing a single, comprehensive solution. By decrypting and analyzing complete packet-level data at wire speed and leveraging cloud-scale machine learning, ExtraHop empowers Security Operations Centers (SOCs) to detect, investigate, and remediate modern cyber risks in real time across their entire hybrid infrastructure, including data center, cloud, and SASE environments. This comprehensive approach and market innovation have earned ExtraHop unique recognition as the only NDR vendor acknowledged as a leader by all major analyst firms, including the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Network Detection and Response™, the 2025 Forrester® Wave for Network Analysis and Visibility, the 2024 IDC® Marketscape for NDR, and the 2025 Gigamon® Radar Report for Network Detection and Response. Since 2007, ExtraHop has consistently helped organizations worldwide extract in-depth network telemetry and contextual insights, affirming its commitment to protecting and empowering the connected enterprise. ## OUR VALUES Our culture is rooted in our five Values. These set the expectations for how we work individually and collectively as a team. Lead with Purpose: We are driven to deliver results that create a positive impact for our customers, partners, and colleagues. Act with Integrity: We operate with transparency, authenticity, and always in the best interest of the company. Find a Way: We are resourceful, tackle hard problems with a sense of urgency and ownership, and do what it takes to get the job done. Innovate: We listen to customers, partners, and the market, and respectfully push boundaries and challenge the status quo. Share Success: We run together, we win together. We value diverse perspectives, hold space for all voices, and achieve the best results as a team. ## BENEFITS Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. Employees and their families will have the option to participate in the following benefits: - Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits - Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time - Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan - FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable - Educational Reimbursement - 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable - Pet Insurance (US Only) - Parental Leave (US Only) - Hybrid and Remote Work Model Our people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge against cyber criminals. Join the fight today! To learn more, visit [our website](https://www.extrahop.com/) or follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/extrahop-networks/). Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at ExtraHop? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. ## About ExtraHop ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: ExtraHop provides cloud-native cybersecurity solutions that use AI-powered network intelligence to detect and respond to advanced threats, ensuring business resilience. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity in 2021; subsequent growth equity from Crosspoint Capital Partners) - **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, United States - **Founded**: 2007 - **Founders**: Jesse Rothstein, Raja Mukerji ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Computer and Network Security (Network Detection & Response) - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise organizations, government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare providers, energy companies, retailers, and manufacturers (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC compliant) - **Mission**: "To protect and empower the connected enterprise" – [extrahop.com](https://extrahop.com/company/about-us/) ## Products & Services - **RevealX / RevealX 360**: Cloud-native, dual-purpose platform combining Network Detection & Response (NDR), Network Performance Monitoring (NPM), packet forensics, intrusion detection, and threat hunting. It processes all network traffic at line rate (up to 10G) and uses behavioral analytics to detect threats missed by other tools. – [extrahop.com](https://www.extrahop.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Acquired in June 2021 for $900M by Bain Capital Private Equity; raised $100M in growth capital in January 2024. – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/extrahop-networks) - **Key Metric**: Approaching $200M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR); LinkedIn reports $147M annual revenue. – [extrahop.com](https://extrahop.com/company/about-us/) / [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/extrahop-networks) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bain Capital Private Equity, Crosspoint Capital Partners; earlier rounds led by TCV and Meritech Capital Partners. - **Growth Signals**: - 583 employees (+4.5% YoY) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/extrahop-networks) - Named a Leader in Gartner® Market Guide for Network Detection and Response – [extrahop.com](https://extrahop.com/company/about-us/) - Over 70 AI/ML patents and 30+ security industry recognitions. - Customers resolve threats 87% faster (Forrester TEI study). – [extrahop.com](https://www.extrahop.com/) ## Competitive Advantages - **Dual-purpose platform**: Uniquely combines network security and performance monitoring into one cloud-native solution. - **Behavioral analytics & AI**: 70+ patents enabling real-time anomaly detection and low false-positive rates. - **Agentless visibility**: Analyzes all network traffic at line rate without deploying agents, reducing deployment friction. - **Enterprise trust**: Protects critical infrastructure across highly regulated industries (government, finance, healthcare). ## Strategic Focus - **Network Detection & Response (NDR) market leadership**: Expanding cloud-native capabilities, investing in AI-driven threat detection, and growing international presence (19 countries). - **Business resilience**: Helping organizations build cyber resilience by exposing hidden threats and vulnerabilities. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values-driven (Share Success, Innovate, Find a Way, Act with Integrity, Lead with Purpose) with a focus on collaboration, transparency, and impact. – [extrahop.com](https://www.extrahop.com/careers) - **Work flexibility**: Remote, hybrid, and in-office options; flexible PTO; voluntary time off (3 community service days); global collaboration. - **Career development**: Structured pathways for new graduates and interns – early career engineers ship code, investigate threats, and contribute to live products. – [extrahop.com](https://www.extrahop.com/careers) - **Benefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, financial wellness, family support, and growth & development programs (U.S. benefits; vary by country). - **Recent open roles**: Engineering (Cloud, ML, Security), Sales, Finance, HR – many remote or hybrid in Seattle, Raleigh, UK. – [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/extrahopnetworks) ## Sources 1. [extrahop.com/careers](https://www.extrahop.com/careers) 2. [extrahop.com](https://www.extrahop.com/) 3. [extrahop.com/company/about-us](https://extrahop.com/company/about-us/) 4. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/extrahopnetworks) 5. 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