Malware and Abuse Engineer

Kinsta

Malware & Abuse Engineer at Kinsta monitoring and remediating malware, spam, and abuse issues. Protecting customers by maintaining platform integrity with flexible remote work.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇭🇺 HungaryMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in malware detection and remediation, particularly within PHP and JavaScript environments, while effectively communicating with customers and internal teams. Proficient in writing malware signature rules and regular expressions, with a strong understanding of WordPress structures and command line operations.

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Malware DetectionPHP ExperienceJavaScript ExperienceRegular ExpressionsWordPress Familiarity

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Hard Skills

Malware InvestigationMalware RemediationRegular Expression WritingCommand Line ProficiencyDocumentation Skills

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationProfessionalismReliability

Industry Keywords

DMCA NoticesIP BlocklistingSpam MonitoringResource OverusePlatform Abuse

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptPHPWordPress

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Monitor, investigate, and resolve malware, spam, and IP blocklisting issues, as well as DMCA notices, while keeping customers informed.
Investigate and resolve malware situations escalated from the Support team.
Write and document new malware signature rules for our customer scanning tools.
Document processes and workflows for remediating malware infections and requesting the removal of blocklisted IP addresses.
Monitor internal tools to identify instances of spam email sending and IP address blocklisting, and alert customers to these issues as necessary.
Provide ongoing feedback and work with internal teams to improve malware detection and remediation tools.
Receive, validate, and process DMCA notices and counternotices.
Monitor internal tools to identify users who misuse Kinsta's platform or use excessive resources.
Collaborate with internal teams to gather the information customers need to resolve resource overuse or platform abuse, and monitor customer progress towards resolution.
Collaborate with internal teams to recommend plan upgrades for customers facing resource constraints.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You are completely fluent in English with excellent written communication skills.
Experience detecting, investigating, and resolving intricate malware infections present primarily within PHP and JavaScript.
Experience writing and applying regular expressions.
Familiarity with WordPress: database structure, file/directory structure, wp-config.php directives, and common malware vectors.
Comfort working in a command line environment, as much of our tooling is command line based.
Consummate professionalism: we're a distributed team and we expect you to act like the professional we know you are. That means excellent communication, rock-solid reliability, and the drive to bring your best effort to bear on your work every single day.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual remote expense budget.
Flexible PTO.
Paid parental leave.
Annual professional development budget: available after one year with Kinsta.
Sabbatical: available after three years with Kinsta (and every three years thereafter).
Location-specific healthcare benefits (includes vision and dental) for employees hired in the USA, UK, Canada, and Hungary.
Pension plan for employees hired in the UK, and 401k contributions for employees hired in the USA.