AI Security - Principal Security Research Engineer I

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. What is The Role As a Principal Security Research Engineer on the Threat Research and Detection Engineering (TRaDE) team, you'll play a key role in shaping the detection capabilities of Elastic Security. You'll work hands-on with detection engineering and threat research, focusing on enhancing our defenses, particularly in the areas of AI security. This position invites you to apply your solid security background and keen interest in validating detection methods, helping to create effective and reliable detection content that benefits the wider community. What You Will Be Doing Improving and creating new internal rule management capabilities to ship rigorous protections Developing new capabilities and Elastic AI workflows to steer and streamline our threat research and detection engineering processes Investigate new multidomain threat vectors and attack methodologies to stay ahead of emerging risks Monitor security trends and threat intelligence reports for relevant insights Create and present findings to enhance team knowledge and community awareness What You Bring We're looking for candidates with experience in Generative AI Security and intimately understand MITRE ATLAS / ATT&CK threat techniques and behaviors. Experience with Elastic Security Solution and proficiency in writing or validating detections using a query language (e.g. EQL, KQL, SQL) Demonstrated experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate feature development, debug complex systems, optimize existing codebases, generating telemetry, conduct threat research, and assist detection engineering workflows. Proven ability to seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or scrum teams based on dynamic business priorities. You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes. Proficiency in modern AI/ML frameworks and hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs into production applications You work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication. Previous successes in presenting findings and insights to technical audiences   Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.   The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.  These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.   An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being. The typical starting salary range for this role is: $159,800 — $252,800 USD The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $191,900 — $303,500 USD Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do. We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations diff