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Dragos, Inc. · 11 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer – Agent Platform

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$192K/yr - $192K/yr

7+ years exp

Dragos, Inc. is on a mission to defend industrial organizations with best-in-class technology and services for cybersecurity. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance and maintain agents that collect system information from industrial environments, focusing on communication, task distribution, and operational telemetry.

Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity

Hiring Manager

Nick Hall

Responsibilities

Design and implement enhancements to existing Linux and Windows agents that actively collect system and software information from industrial devices

Expand agent capabilities to support new protocols and data sources, including both standard (e.g., WMI, SNMP, SSH, HTTP) and proprietary ICS protocols

Improve the robustness, reliability, and security of agent communication mechanisms, including beaconing, tasking, and telemetry delivery

Participate in the design and implementation of agent update mechanisms, configuration management, and operational telemetry

Develop and maintain platform-side components responsible for agent orchestration, task distribution, and data ingestion

Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable and secure deployment of agents across diverse customer environments

Lead efforts to optimize agent performance and footprint, especially in resource-constrained or sensitive industrial environments

Work closely with threat intelligence and product teams to identify high-value data collection targets and implement corresponding agent features

Mentor other engineers in systems programming, protocol development, and secure software practices

Contribute to technical design reviews, testing strategies, and deployment pipelines to maintain high engineering standards

Qualification

Node.jsC/C++Windows internalsLinux internalsNetwork protocolsContainerizationOrchestrationRustGoSecure communicationAI tools integrationCybersecurity experienceMentoring

Required

7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years focused on systems programming in Node.js, C/C++, Rust, or Go

Deep understanding of Windows and Linux internals, including system calls, process management, and file systems

Experience developing and debugging low-level binaries and agents for telemetry collection

Strong knowledge of network and system protocols (e.g., WMI, SMB, SSH, SNMP, Modbus, OPC, etc.)

Familiarity with secure communication and data serialization formats (e.g., TLS, protobuf, JSON)

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers

Experience incorporating AI tools, models, or services into development workflows—whether for code generation, testing, optimization, or product features

Comfortable working in a remote-first, fast-paced, and mission-driven environment

Preferred

Experience working in cybersecurity, ICS/OT environments, or other mission-critical domains is a strong plus

Benefits

Competitive Equity Package

Comprehensive Benefits Plan

Company

Dragos, Inc.

Glassdoor3.6

Dragos provides the most effective OT cybersecurity technology for industrial and critical infrastructure to deliver on our global mission: to safeguard civilization.

Founded in 2016

Hanover, Maryland, USA

501-1000 employees