Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain Remote (Global)

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
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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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Category security
Posted 3 months ago