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.

The Elastic Security Endpoint

Protections team researches, designs, and builds the visibility and prevention capabilities at the core of Elastic Defend, our endpoint and SIEM security solution. We are looking for a Senior Security Research Engineer to help lead our efforts to build innovative features that secure our users against the latest emerging threats. You will collaborate with the broader Elastic Security team, a diverse group of skilled researchers, data scientists, and engineers who bring deep domain knowledge in their respective areas.

We don't just claim our protections work. In recent third-party enterprise protection testing, Elastic Security earned a perfect malware protection score with zero false alarms, the top result in the field. If you have a passion for security research and would enjoy the challenge of devising novel methods for thwarting malicious actors in an ever-evolving threat landscape, join our growing team!

Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other perks offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being. Research emerging attacker techniques and turn them into shipped protections. Instrument new event sources across Windows, macOS, and Linux, deepen the telemetry we already collect, and close the gaps attackers rely on.

Every source you add becomes a foundation for other teams. Write performant, stable C/C++ that executes on millions of endpoints, where a memory leak or a few milliseconds of overhead is a customer-visible problem. Learn how attackers bypass endpoint security controls in the wild, and feed that understanding directly into the protections you design and harden.

Review customer telemetry at fleet scale, investigate false positives and performance regressions, and establish mitigation strategies. Shipping the feature is the beginning of the job, not the end. Bring the depth we have on Windows to macOS and Linux, and support new hardware architectures as they reach the enterprise.

Collaborate across Elastic Security. Implement endpoint code alongside peers in multiple countries and time zones, and work with the detection engineers, malware researchers,



and data scientists who rely on your telemetry. Help lead the team's technical direction.

Take point on initiatives that span multiple releases, raise the bar in design and code reviews, and mentor engineers earlier in their careers. Share your research on Elastic Security Labs, present at conferences, and contribute to the open source projects that organizations around the world rely on. 6+ years of professional experience analyzing attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and building detection methods for real security threats. 6+ years of development experience in C, C++, and Python, with the judgment to write code that is safe, fast, and maintainable in a security-critical codebase. Deep operating system internals knowledge, in both kernel and user mode, deep enough to reason about undocumented behavior and find security-relevant structures nobody has written about yet.

Windows depth is what we need most, with macOS or Linux depth close behind. In-depth reverse engineering and malware analysis experience, and comfort with the tooling that makes hard binaries readable. You anticipate how a protection will be evaded before it ships, and design for resilience rather than for the proof of concept in front of you.

You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes. Passion for protecting the world's data from attack!

Bonus Points: Vulnerability research and exploit development, particularly with a track record of responsible disclosure to platform vendors. Red teaming experience, or a background in building offensive tooling and defeating endpoint security products. Ownership or long-term maintenance of an open-source security tool with a real user base.

Experience applying machine learning to endpoint security problems. Familiarity with the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana) and Elastic Security. As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity.

It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Health coverage for you and your family in many locations Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles Generous number of vacation days each year Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent)



for financial donations and service Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave Security & Privacy Responsibilities:

Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures. Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed 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.

The typical starting salary range for this role is: $128,300—$203,000 CAD

📌 Senior Security Research Engineer (Winnipeg)
🏢 Elastic
📍 Winnipeg