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CloudLinux is hiring a Head of Malware Research & Engineering (remote-only, Europe)

Responsibilities

  • Establish, maintain, and refine performance indicators for antivirus offerings
  • Set direction and priorities for the product roadmap across three engineering teams
  • Lead execution of strategic product efforts to meet ambitious performance targets
  • Work closely with Product Management on high-priority client needs and market comparisons
  • Integrate advanced AI technologies into malware identification workflows
  • Manage the complete malware analysis pipeline from file intake to verdict delivery and system cleanup
  • Make critical architectural choices for distributed data systems using Airflow, async Python, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Redis, and Kafka
  • Lead transition efforts including AI-driven malware analysis and rule generation
  • Develop and deploy performance improvements for cloud-based processing handling over 10 million new samples daily
  • Oversee planning for infrastructure capacity, including compute resources, Ceph storage, and database scaling
  • Supervise three engineering teams operating across multiple time zones
  • Recruit, guide, and develop engineers and team leads across all three groups
  • Coordinate inter-team dependencies with Server, Web Protection, QA, Infrastructure, and Support units
  • Ensure reliability of signature releases through automated testing frameworks
  • Track and enhance detection accuracy, false positive rates, and cleanup effectiveness
  • Respond to live incidents such as certificate expirations, infrastructure outages, and processing delays
  • Manage technical integrations with external vendors and partners

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

Required Skills
PythonAirflowMongoDBRedisKafkaTeam Leadership
Job Details
Location Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Work mode Remote (Global)
Category Security
Posted 5 months ago
Application On company website
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CloudLinux
TuxCare is a subsidiary of CloudLinux Inc., the maker of the #1 OS in security and stability for hosting providers. It offers a portfolio of security solutions for Linux and open-source software aimed at enterprise organizations.
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