[Hiring] Principal Threat Architect @Trend Micro

Role Description

We are seeking a Principal Threat Architect to research the frontier of AI-era threats and defensive technologies and to design the core detection-and-response capabilities that will anchor our platform for the next several years. This is a senior individual-contributor role at the intersection of threat research and systems architecture.

• Study emerging threats and newly viable technologies.
• Prototype and validate novel defensive approaches.
• Converge open-ended research into durable, production-grade operational architecture.
• Work across disciplines — threat intelligence, detection engineering, AI/ML, and platform engineering.
• Ensure the architecture you design today is the foundation defenders build on years from now.

Key Responsibilities

• Threat & technology research: Research the evolving AI-era threat landscape, including AI-enabled attacks and threats to AI systems themselves, and translate findings into defensive strategy.
• Architecture & capability design: Design new threat operational architecture that integrates with existing security tooling, data pipelines, and analyst workflows.
• Prototyping & experimentation: Envision, build, and validate prototypes that demonstrate the feasibility and impact of novel defensive approaches.
• Research-to-production bridge: Partner with detection engineering, data science, and platform teams to transition prototypes into durable, production-grade capabilities.
• Technical leadership: Provide principal-level technical leadership on core design decisions and trade-offs.
• Communication & influence: Communicate complex research and architectural direction clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity, with demonstrable depth in threat detection and response.
• Proven track record designing and delivering complex technical systems from concept through production deployment.
• Hands-on experience architecting scalable systems that integrate with existing security tooling and operational workflows.
• Working familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their application to threat detection, prevention, or response.
• Experience in a research, R&D, or emerging-technologies function.
• Proficiency in at least one production programming language (e.g., Python).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's in computer science, machine learning, or a security-related discipline.
• Direct experience with AI/ML security.
• Experience building or operating detection-and-response platforms.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale data-processing systems and modern distributed architectures.
• Proficiency in systems languages such as C/C++ or Rust in addition to Python.
• Familiarity with cloud security across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Publication, patent, or conference-presentation record in threat research or applied AI security.
• Experience within a vendor CTO office, security research lab, or comparable innovation function.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Short & Long Term Disability.
• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave.
• Mental Health Wellness Program.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Wellness Incentive.
• Pet Insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off.
• 14 Annual Holidays.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Employee Resource Groups.