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Principal Engineer – Web Threat Detection & Distributed Systems

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Principal Engineer – Web Threat Detection & Distributed Systems

Remote – United States | Full-Time | Direct Hire

MaxIT Consulting – Max Corporate Group is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer – Web Threat Detection & Distributed Systems for a leading global technology organization specializing in web technologies and large-scale digital protection solutions.

This is a senior individual-contributor opportunity focused on defining end-to-end technical solutions for highly scalable, low-latency products that protect web applications, online services, and digital transactions.

The ideal candidate combines deep software architecture experience with strong knowledge of distributed systems, attack detection, data analytics, machine learning, and modern web technologies.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will help shape the technical direction of products designed to address sophisticated bot, abuse, and web-based threats at global scale.

You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and other technical teams to transform complex customer and business requirements into scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions.

Your responsibilities will span runtime systems, configuration, reporting, analytics, attack detection, and product functionality from concept through implementation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Management to understand, refine, and translate customer and business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Define end-to-end product designs and high-level technical specifications for new and existing capabilities.
  • Design highly scalable solutions with strong requirements around availability, reliability, performance, and resilience.
  • Architect large-scale, low-latency web-based distributed systems.
  • Develop solutions supporting bot protection, abuse prevention, attack detection, and web threat mitigation.
  • Incorporate big-data analytics, machine learning, and AI capabilities into product and detection workflows where appropriate.
  • Present technical designs, trade-offs, and recommendations to engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
  • Provide technical guidance to engineering teams throughout detailed design and implementation.
  • Collaborate across multiple organizations and technical disciplines to deliver complex solutions successfully.
  • Research emerging technologies and security challenges and document proposed solutions thoroughly.
  • Contribute to long-term technical strategy, product evolution, and technology roadmaps.

Required Qualifications

  • 12+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Strong experience designing large-scale, low-latency, web-based distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated experience defining end-to-end solutions for complex software products.
  • Strong understanding of scalability, availability, reliability, and performance in distributed environments.
  • Experience with big-data analytics, machine learning, and/or AI-enabled software solutions.
  • Strong understanding of web technologies and the complete Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Ability to move effectively between high-level strategy and detailed technical design.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to operate successfully in environments with ambiguity, evolving requirements, and complex technical challenges.
  • Strong customer focus and the ability to translate real-world problems into scalable product capabilities.
  • Proactive approach to researching technologies, systems, and emerging technical challenges.

Ideal Background

Strong candidates may have experience in areas such as:

  • Bot and abuse protection
  • Web application protection
  • Attack and threat detection
  • Distributed web infrastructure
  • Edge computing
  • Runtime protection systems
  • Security-focused analytics
  • Machine learning for detection systems
  • Large-scale SaaS or cloud environments
  • Content delivery and high-volume web platforms
  • Enterprise security technology

Experience designing systems that process very high request volumes, large data sets, or globally distributed workloads will be especially valuable.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate ownership of complex technical solutions from initial concept through production implementation.

Relevant accomplishments may include:

  • Designing global, low-latency distributed systems
  • Building or evolving web threat detection capabilities
  • Developing bot or abuse mitigation solutions
  • Designing large-scale analytics or telemetry pipelines
  • Integrating machine learning or AI into detection workflows
  • Improving scalability, availability, reliability, or application performance
  • Driving technical alignment across multiple engineering and product teams
  • Presenting architectural decisions to senior technical and business stakeholders

Formal people management is not required. This role is primarily focused on deep technical leadership, cross-functional influence, and individual-contributor architecture ownership.

Benefits

The benefits package may include:

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Annual bonus or incentive opportunities
  • Equity opportunities
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Paid holidays and PTO
  • Paid sick time
  • Parental and family-friendly benefits
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Mental and financial wellness resources

Work Location and Authorization

This position is fully remote within the United States.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position, now or in the future.

Relocation is not required.

Interview Process

The selection process is expected to include:

  • Technical interview with the Hiring Manager
  • Technical panel interviews with discipline and technical leads
  • Final non-technical interview with Operations

Candidates should be comfortable collaborating with highly distributed teams and stakeholders across multiple U.S. and international time zones.

How to Apply

Please submit your application through this platform with an updated resume and relevant professional information.

Candidates should be prepared to provide:

  • LinkedIn profile
  • Current location
  • Work authorization status
  • Desired total compensation
  • Interview availability

If you have extensive experience designing highly scalable distributed systems and enjoy solving complex web protection, attack detection, analytics, and technology challenges, we would like to hear from you.

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