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: [email protected] 

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