Open NDR platform turning network traffic into security evidence
Corelight builds network detection and response sensors on open-source Zeek, Suricata and YARA, deployable on-prem and across AWS, Azure and GCP. Hiring tilts toward senior sales talent plus a new Director of Sales and Customer Success Director, pointing to an enterprise go-to-market push. Engineering work centers on release testing, Kafka-based real-time ingestion and an AI-first operating model backed by AWS Bedrock.
Notable leadership hires: Director of Sales, Customer Success Director
Corelight, founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, develops an open network detection and response (NDR) platform. Its physical and cloud sensors capture structured network telemetry that feeds security teams' existing analytics, detection and investigation tools. The company sells to large enterprises, government agencies and research institutions. It is privately held with 201–500 employees and hires across the United States, India, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
Corelight's stack includes Zeek, Suricata, YARA and Snort for detection, plus Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, React, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS Bedrock, Splunk and Elasticsearch across AWS, Azure and GCP.
Yes. Sales is Corelight's largest hiring area, weighted toward senior roles, with leadership openings for a Director of Sales and a Customer Success Director.
Corelight hires in the United States, India, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, with headquarters in San Francisco, CA.
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