The Mission

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.

The Team + Role

You’ll join the Search & Detection team and partner closely with engineers to build product experiences and backend systems that power investigation, search, and detection workflows. The position is full stack with a mix of backend-leaning (60–70%) and meaningful frontend ownership (30–40%).

What You’ll Need

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.

Nice to Have:

• Security domain experience, especially with SOC workflows, alerting, logging, detection engineering, or related platforms.

Mindset:

• Ownership: You drive problems end-to-end and care about outcomes.
• Collaboration: You work effectively across product and engineering to deliver a cohesive experience.
• Pragmatism: You know when to simplify and when to invest in deeper architecture.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

Perks

• Competitive equity in a well-established cybersecurity company
• Unlimited PTO with a 15-day minimum, plus local federal holidays
• Latest tech equipment and budget for your personalized setup
• Comprehensive health and benefits coverage
• Remote-first culture built for distributed teams

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About Panther

Panther makes security teams smarter and faster than attackers.

We’re building the AI SOC platform that modern security teams need. Our Detection-as-Code approach, cloud-native architecture, and powerful security data lake help teams detect and respond to threats at scale. Security teams at leading companies use Panther to protect their organizations without the overhead and costs of legacy SIEM solutions.

Founded by security practitioners who lived the pain of protecting large organizations, we’ve raised $140M from Coatue, Lightspeed, ICONIQ Growth, Snowflake Ventures, and others. We’re a global, remote-first company serving customers worldwide.

Our culture is built on flexibility, transparency, and collaboration. We operate by three core values: Create Customer Love, Be an Owner, and Take Care of the Team. We believe diverse perspectives make us better, and that building great security technology should also mean building a rewarding place to work.

Cash compensation range: $176,000 - $223,000 USD annually.

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.