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Security engineer, detection and response

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Build sophisticated detection systems and automated response capabilities to protect AI infrastructure, training data, and model deployments against evolving threats.

Role type

Staff detection and response engineer (AI security)

Builds

Self-healing security systems, detection-as-code frameworks, and automated response playbooks for AI/ML platforms

Domain

Enterprise Generative AI / AI Infrastructure Security

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Security operations, detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, forensic investigation, Python programming, SIEM platforms, distributed systems security

Preferred skills

Experience securing high-performance computing environments, automating incident response, proactive threat hunting

Technologies

Python, KQL, SPL, SIEM platforms, GPU clusters, distributed training environments

Responsibilities

Design detection strategies for AI-specific threats (prompt injection, model extraction, data poisoning), build automated response workflows, lead cross-team incident response coordination, hunt for sophisticated threats in GPU clusters, create detection-as-code frameworks with telemetry dashboards, maintain 24/7 on-call rotation for critical security incidents

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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