Principal Software Engineer
Recorded Future · Washington, DC
Posted about 3 months ago · $152,000-$228,500
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Recorded Future's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 55% of Recorded Future's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Recorded Future
- high 44 stale, 3 reposted of 44 open
- Hiring momentum
- 60 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Recorded Future's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Recorded Future.
About this role
As a Principal Software Engineer at Recorded Future, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines that deliver structured threat intelligence data. Your role will involve full-stack engineering, driving architectural improvements, ensuring the reliability of production-grade pipelines, and collaborating across teams to enhance technical practices. You will also engage in data processing and analysis to generate insights from large datasets.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Recorded Future as an employer.
What you need
- At least 5 years of experience in end to end software engineering, with additional experience in data engineering or platform engineering
- Hands-on experience with message queues and pub/sub systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in Go or Rust considered a plus
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and IAM fundamentals
- Experience developing REST APIs
- Proven experience architecting and delivering production-grade applications and ETL/ELT pipelines
Nice to have
- Familiarity with data lake storage frameworks such as Delta Lake and graph databases such as AWS Neptune or Neo4j
- Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or AWS RDS, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Elasticsearch
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines; GitHub Actions experience
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools; Terraform experience
- Experience or interest in cybersecurity data domains such as malware analysis, phishing detection, or network telemetry
What you get
- Base salary range of $152,000-$228,500
- Potential for incentive compensation and equity
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401K
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- The role involves significant responsibility in data pipeline reliability and architectural improvements, which may require a strong commitment to quality and performance
- The position requires collaboration across teams and geographies, which may involve varying levels of technical expertise
Summarised from Recorded Future's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Recorded Future on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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