Software Engineer, Endpoint Agent

About PlexTrac

PlexTrac is a cybersecurity SaaS platform helping security teams streamline reporting, exposure management, and remediation workflows. Our platform is used by penetration testers, red teams, consultants, enterprises, and managed security providers to operationalize security findings and improve collaboration across technical and executive stakeholders.

We are a remote-first company headquartered in the United States with distributed team members across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are committed to ownership, transparency, practical problem-solving, and building products that customers genuinely rely on.

Why This Role Matters

We are looking for a Software Engineer, Endpoint Agent to design and build a lightweight, reliable and secure agent that runs across Linux, Windows, and macOS environments. This agent will power our next generation cybersecurity platform, enabling telemetry collection and detection capabilities. You will work at the intersection of systems engineering and cybersecurity, building software that runs on customer machines and scales across thousands of endpoints.

Location: Remote — India only.

Responsibilities

• Design and build endpoint agent components on top of Osquery, including custom extensions and integrations
• Develop cross platform software that runs reliably on Linux, Windows, and macOS
• Build packaging and distribution pipelines (deb/rpm, MSI, pkg) for seamless deployment and upgrades
• Ensure agent performance, stability and low resource footprint across diverse environments
• Implement secure communication between agent and backend services
• Build mechanisms for remote execution, telemetry collection and policy enforcement
• Contribute to agent based remote execution capabilities with controlled simulations on endpoints
• Debug complex issues in customer environments (OS-level, networking, permissions, etc.)
• Design upgrade, rollback and observability mechanisms for agents in production
• Work closely with backend, platform and security teams to define agent capabilities
• Ensure strong security posture - sandboxing, least privilege, secure storage, tamper resistance
• Write clear documentation for deployment, debugging, and extension development

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure focused roles
• Strong programming skills in: C++ and Go
• Experience building cross platform software (Linux, Windows, macOS)
• Familiarity with system level concepts: processes, filesystems, networking, OS internals
• Experience with packaging and distribution (deb, rpm, MSI, pkg or similar)
• Hands on experience with Osquery
• Understanding of endpoint security concepts (EDR, telemetry, attack surface)
• Experience debugging issues in production systems or customer environments
• Familiarity with secure coding practices and endpoint hardening techniques
• Ability to write scripts and automation for build/test workflows

Tech Stack

Linux, Windows, and macOS environments using C++, Go integrated with full-stack technologies, scalable databases, cloud and hosted deployment environments, enterprise security practices, and modern SaaS infrastructure.

Work Style

We operate as a remote-first, distributed team with a strong asynchronous culture. We value thoughtful communication, autonomy, and collaboration, with core working hours that partially overlap with U.S. Eastern Time.

Employees are administered through our EOR partner: Remote.

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We welcome applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or background.

If you require accommodations during the interview process, please let us know: HR@plextrac.com