Staff AI Engineer - SOC Agent Platform

Panther • San Francisco, California, United States • 3w ago

The Mission

Panther is building the future of SOC automation through AI agents that fundamentally change how security teams operate. Our vision is to enable SOC teams to cover 5-10x more data without proportionally scaling headcount by automating the most time-intensive analyst work: alert triage, analysis, and risk validation. We're building intelligent agents that leverage our data pipeline and alerting capabilities to create a SOC team extension that gets smarter over time through collective intelligence.

The Team + Role

You'll work directly with our Founder & CTO to build AI-powered SOC analyst solutions that sit at the intersection of security and cutting-edge ML and agentic engineering. This is a customer-centric product engineering role where you'll engage directly with security teams to understand their pain points and build agent-based tools that solve real problems. We're building autonomous security capabilities for alert triage, interactive chat, detection code generation, and text-to-search, all deeply integrated with Panther's ingestion pipeline. This role is ideal for engineers who combine strong development skills with security domain knowledge in SOC automation and XDR.

What You'll Need

Technical Expertise:

Deep understanding of embeddings, vector databases, RAG, and agentic engineering frameworks
Strong software development skills with the ability to build production-grade systems
Experience with ML/AI agent architectures and feedback loops

Domain Knowledge:

Security expertise with hands-on knowledge of SOC workflows, alert triage, and threat analysis
Understanding of XDR platforms and security automation challenges
Passion for solving security team operational problems through intelligent automation

Mindset:

Customer-obsessed: You thrive on engaging directly with customers to listen, learn, and build innovation alongside them
Startup mentality: You're comfortable with ambiguity and excited to build novel solutions in a fast-moving environment
Product vision: You can translate technical capabilities into meaningful SOC team outcomes

What You'll Do

Build and enhance autonomous AI agents spanning alert triage, interactive chat, detection code generation, and text-to-search capabilities
Create feedback loops between agents that integrate seamlessly with Panther's ingestion pipeline
Develop our collective intelligence framework that enables agents to learn from observations and improve accuracy over time
Partner directly with customers to understand SOC team workflows and validate agent effectiveness
Expand our current suite of 4 SOC agents and design new agent capabilities that extend SOC team capacity
Drive measurable impact: reduce triage time significantly and enable security teams to handle exponentially more data with existing resources

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.

We believe in transparency throughout our process — including how we approach AI.

We recognize that AI tools can enhance productivity and support high-quality work. Candidates are welcome to use AI tools for assistance when preparing application materials and completing take-home assignments. If AI use is not permitted for a specific assessment, we will indicate that clearly in the instructions. During live interviews, we ask that candidates not use AI tools to generate or supply real-time answers. This includes reading from AI-generated responses or prompts during conversational, behavioral, or technical discussions. These conversations are designed to understand your individual thinking process, problem-solving approach, and ability to communicate your ideas.

We also use AI tools to support our recruiting processes; hiring decisions are made by our team, not AI.

Reasonable Accommodations
We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all candidates. If you require the use of an AI-based tool or any other assistive technology as a reasonable accommodation for a disability or medical condition, please notify us prior to your interview. We will engage in an interactive process to determine what arrangements are appropriate for your situation. Accommodation requests are handled individually and in accordance with applicable law.

The 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

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.

Cash compensation range: $180,000-$240,000 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.