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Senior Security Engineer - Detection Engineering

Denver, COFull-time$168k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Build detections and AI agents to identify malicious activity, lead security investigations, and automate incident response across cloud, container, and edge environments.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (Detection Engineering)

Builds

AI agents, automations, and advanced detections for threat identification and response

Domain

Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Edge Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, AI/LLM integration, detections-as-code, threat hunting, log analysis, cloud security (AWS/GCP), container security (Kubernetes), incident response

Preferred skills

CDN/edge platform experience, scalable ETL/data pipelines, production AI agent deployment

Technologies

Python, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, EDR, SOAR, SIEM

Responsibilities

Develop detections and analytics to identify threats; Lead security investigations analyzing logs and telemetry; Build AI agents and automations for detection and response; Conduct threat hunts; Participate in on-call rotations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC