Senior Technical Marketing Writer, Expel
$106.1-140.5k
+ Bonus eligibility and Equity
Cyber security threat detection & management
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Cyber security threat detection & management
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$106.1-140.5k
+ Bonus eligibility and Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve.
Role
Who you are
- You write because you like it, technical topics especially, and you've got a portfolio you'd stand behind
- 6+ years writing or editing: journalism, content marketing, or technical writing. A background that touched cybersecurity or another technical field helps
- Enough security fluency to interview an expert, ask the sharp follow-up, and get the translation right—without doing the analysis yourself
- Curiosity that doesn't quit, and the speed to learn a domain you don't know yet
- The ability to take a messy interview or a pile of raw data and turn it into something clear
- The project management to run several pieces at once and hit your dates
- Comfort with GenAI tools—we use Gemini and Claude—to work faster
- Google Workspace, and AP style (or the willingness to learn it)
- A degree, or a good story about why you don't have one
What the job involves
- That means sitting with a SOC analyst, following the thread, asking the second and third question, and turning what they know into something other practitioners want to read. You don't have to hunt threats yourself. You do have to be curious enough to understand the people who do
- Direct access to the people doing the work: threat intel analysts, SOC analysts, detection and response engineers, solutions architects. You'll pick up security from the source
- Readers who'll call you out. Your work goes to practitioners, and they judge it on whether it's useful
- A marketing team that loves to experiment, ships often, and isn't precious about cutting what doesn't work
- Room to try things, and the trust to miss on a few
- Write and edit technical content—blogs, threat reports, data sheets, how-tos, whatever the story needs
- Hunt for stories instead of waiting for them. Embed with the threat intel and SOC teams, spot what's worth telling, and pitch it
- Interview security experts and translate what they know into content other practitioners want to read. (Sometimes for non-technical readers, too.)
- Turn one piece of research into many: blog, social, report, and beyond. Volume matters here
- Work with security, engineering, product, and PMM so the technical details hold up
- Write with SEO in mind where it counts, and follow the in-house style guide
Our take
As ransomware and hacking threats rise, identifying and resolving breaches in security must be done quickly. Lack of transparency in cybersecurity makes it difficult for engineers to detect, understand, and fix the issues as fast as possible. Expel is aiming to redefine what a security operations centre and managed detection service look like in the modern age.
Though the company faces competition from the vast number of cybersecurity platforms, Expel positions itself as a viable alternative to the service delivery model of managed security service providers (MSSPs) by offering a comprehensive management platform that connects to its customers’ tech remotely through APIs, providing fast detection and clear solutions.
Having reached unicorn status, the company is establishing a stronger presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets, capturing business in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Its 2022 funding is being used to accelerate sustainable growth, continue the company's international expansion, and push forward with go-to-market initiatives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2022
$31m
SERIES E
Nov 2021
$140.3m
SERIES E
Total funding: $288.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Unlimited time off - includes vacation, personal days, and an annual company-wide restorative day
- 24 weeks parental leave when you, your spouse or your domestic partner gives birth to a child, adopts a child or becomes a foster parent (first 12 weeks paid)
- Military leave
- Paid annual conference - we reimburse you up to $2,500 to attend at least one conference every year that helps you move your career forward
- One month sabbatical after hitting your 5 year anniversary
- Zero-meetings week each quarter - where all Expletives are challenged to reduce the number of internal meetings on their calendar all the way to zero
- Medical insurance through the Cigna Open Access Plus HRA plan
- Dental & vision insurance through Guardian
- Team touchdowns - Expel Teams are encouraged to come together quarterly for planning, for connecting, for energizing and maybe a little fun
- Fitness stipend
- Cell phone stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Telemedicine (Cigna’s Telehealth Connection)
- Access to the popular mental health platforms, Ginger and Talkspace
- BenefitHub - a web portal where Expel employees can enjoy discounts, cash back rewards and perks on thousands of brands in a variety of categories!
- Retirement 401(k) account provided by Principal
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Cigna)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Student loan refinancing
Company HQ
Herndon, VA
Leadership
Dave Merkel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previous CTO of both FireEye and Mandiant (also VP, Products and Threat Management Services). Previously worked as the Senior Technical Director at America Online and for the US Air Force as an Assistant Chief of Intrusion Invasions.
Justin Bajko
(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Previous Managing Director (MCIRT Operations) at Mandiant and Senior Manager of Global Security Analysis at Symantec. Previously worked as a Network Administrator at Clinical Trial Management Services, and was a Network and Systems Administrator at MiniFibers.
Yanek Korff
(Co-Founder & COO)Previous COO at Expel. Current Board Member at ThreatSwitch and Investor at Berg Capital Group. Previous Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Ntrepid Corp and CP an CTO at FireEye.
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