Principal Developer - Exposure Management

At Arctic Wolf, you won’t just watch the cybersecurity industry evolve – you’ll help lead the change. Our mission is simple:
End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Principal Developer – Exposure Management to join us in building and scaling a SaaS platform that discovers, contextualizes, and secures every asset in an organization’s environment.

Hybrid – Eden Prairie, MN, or Remote – US;
Hybrid – Waterloo, ON, or Remote – CA (or the equivalent local arrangements).

Arctic Wolf’s Exposure Management platform, built on a core foundation of Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), helps organizations run a continuous security posture across their entire attack surface. As a Principal Developer, you will guide technical direction across the Exposure Management product area, contribute to architectural decisions, mentor engineers across multiple teams, and drive the quality of engineering practices.

• Help guide technical direction and contribute to platform architectural strategy across multiple teams within the Exposure Management product area
• Participate in system design decisions with strong, well‑reasoned technology recommendations
• Review detailed designs and provide architectural feedback that accelerates delivery
• Help drive alignment on cross‑team technical decisions and promote consistency across platform services
• Champion engineering principles—clean design, domain‑driven design, separation of concerns, KISS, and hold the bar on code quality
• Foster cross‑functional collaboration within empowered product teams, working alongside product management and design to balance value, usability, and feasibility
• Elevate engineers around you—through pairing, code review, design discussions, and knowledge sharing—so that teams deliver better solutions and individuals grow in their careers
• Contribute to multi‑year technology planning and roadmap discussions
• Participate in the on‑call rotation and serve as a technical escalation point during incidents—helping teams diagnose and resolve complex platform issues

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, with significant experience developing and operating SaaS platforms
• Designed and operated multi‑tenant, cloud‑native SaaS platforms at scale
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and multi‑cloud environments (AWS and GCP)
• Strong experience with two or more of:
  Rust, Go, Python
• Grounded in engineering principles—clean design, domain‑driven design, separation of concerns, KISS, YAGNI—and apply them pragmatically
• Demonstrated track record of elevating engineering teams—whether through mentoring individuals, improving team practices, or raising the quality bar across multiple teams
• Contribute strategic technical recommendations with 1‑3 year impact horizons

• Experience in cybersecurity, exposure management, CAASM, or adjacent security domains
• Experience with serverless and event‑driven architectures at scale
• Track record of introducing new software patterns or technologies that improved platform quality
• Experience with cost optimization and scalability strategy (COGs)

Rust, Go, Python, AWS (Lambda, Dynamo

DB, Aurora Postgre

SQL, SQS, Event Bridge), GCP (Spanner)

• Help shepherd technology and design choices across the Exposure Management product area
• Contribute to the big‑picture technology roadmap for the platform
• Help drive alignment of short‑term needs, technical debt, and long‑term strategic direction
• Participate in ensuring quality and consistency of engineering standards, CI/CD, and testing practices
• Engage in broader product strategy, feasibility discussions, and strategic external engagements
• Serve as a technical resource across engineering teams

• Equity for all employees
• Flexible time off and paid volunteer days
• RRSP and 401(k) match
• Training and career development programs
• Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical, mental health, dental, disability, life and AD&D, and value‑added services
• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services
• Fertility support and paid parental leave
• Base salary range: $173,000 to $336,900 USD annually (actual base pay may vary based on skills, experience, and location)
• Variable incentive compensation, new hire equity grants, and a comprehensive benefits package

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. We provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities.