Lead Software Engineer
Recorded Future, Gothenburg, Sweden +1
- Pay
- Not listed by the employer
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Senior
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Oct 2, 2026
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About the role
With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!
What You’ll Do:
- Extend our data processing capabilities to provide rich reports on malware through static and dynamic analysis.
- Build tools and infrastructure to run our diverse workloads. You’ll be managing over 10PB of data, running millions of VMs a day, and processing TBs of data every hour.
- Build web services to help our users effectively use Sandbox.
- Build tools to customize and analyze operating systems and hypervisors for malware analysis. (Windows, Unix, Android, QEMU etc.)
Team members often specialize in one or more of these topics.
What You’ll Bring:
- You are capable of working asynchronously in a distributed team.
- You are self-driven and proactive: you contribute ideas that shape where we go, and take the initiative on technical work that needs doing.
- You have experience with Go (or potentially another strongly typed back-end language like Java, C#, C++).
- You have experience with Linux.
- You have a track record of building high-quality software (proven through past experience, projects or contributions).
- You can automate repetitive tasks.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Linux
- Postgres
- QEMU
- Implementing RFCs and protocols
- Malware Analysis
Why should you join Recorded Future? Recorded Future employees (or “Futurists”), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.6-star user rating on G2 and more than 50% of Fortune 100 companies as customers.
Want more info? Blog & Podcast: Learn everything you want to know (and maybe some things you’d rather not know) about the world of cyber threat intelligence Linkedin, Instagram & Twitter: What’s happening at Recorded Future The Record: The Record is a cybersecurity news publication that explores the untold stories in this rapidly changing field Timeline: History of Recorded Future Recognition: Check out our awards and announcements
We are committed to maintaining an environment that attracts and retains talent from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. By ensuring all feel included and respected for being unique and bringing their whole selves to work, Recorded Future is made a better place every day.
If you need any accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our recruiting team at careers@recordedfuture.com
Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Listed on Recorded Future's Greenhouse job board; checked 8 h ago. First seen by us 33 h ago. Being listed doesn't mean the team is actively interviewing. We found this board in a public directory and haven't yet confirmed it against the company's own careers page.