Staff Software Engineer - Search & Detection

Technical Expertise:

Strong backend engineering experience building production services and APIs.

Proficiency in Go and Python.

Experience with frontend product UI development with React and TypeScript.

Experience designing systems with clear trade-offs around latency, correctness, and reliability.

Remote-first culture built for distributed teams

The cash compensation above includes base salary and on-target commission for employees in eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, all full-time Pantherinos are eligible to participate in our equity plan to receive Incentive Stock Options (ISO). Individual compensation packages are based on a few factors unique to each candidate, including their location, experience, and expertise, and may vary from the above-mentioned range.

Panther Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of: race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, religious creed, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by law. All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Build and improve backend services that support search and detection workflows.

Own key frontend surfaces that enable investigation and detection tuning.

Design and ship end-to-end features across APIs, services, and UI.

Partner with stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into shipped product.

Raise the bar for engineering quality through design reviews, mentorship, and technical leadership.

Panther is building the AI SOC platform that helps security teams detect and respond faster than attackers. The Search & Detection team owns key experiences and systems that help customers:

Explore and search their security data quickly and reliably.

Build, tune, and operationalize detections with confidence.

Turn investigation workflows into repeatable, high-signal outcomes.

This role is about making those workflows feel fast, intuitive, and trustworthy at scale.