Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Join us in building the future of finance. As a Staff Security Engineer (IC6) on the Detection & Response team, you will drive our incident response strategy, build robust detection engineering frameworks, and mentor engineers across the organization. In this high-impact role, you will command high-stress incident responses, eliminate operational noise by developing an AI-native detection platform, and help shape the broader AI-agentic ecosystem for SecOps.

Responsibilities

Lead Incident Response: Command security incident response workstreams with decisive leadership, rapidly containing threats, quantifying impact, and communicating effectively with leadership; Elevate Detection Rigor: Build, tune, and maintain our global detection catalog across our cloud and kubernetes environments to ensure high precision and actionable alerting; Drive Strategic Innovation: Architect our Autonomic Security Operations (ASO) roadmap, integrating AI agents and automated issue discovery to transform response capabilities; Code & Architecture Analysis: Read and reason through complex, multi-language codebases to identify security vulnerabilities, evaluate threat vectors, and guide remediation; Mentor & Elevate the Team: Foster a culture of technical excellence, trust, and continuous learning by mentoring engineers and bringing charisma to team development; On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation (1 week per rotation) to maintain real-time operational readiness

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations; Proven Command Presence: Demonstrated success leading complex incident responses under pressure with clear, action-oriented executive communication; Deep Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Advanced technical experience securing cloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes; Code Reasoning Skills: Ability to fluently read, analyze, and reason through code across multiple programming languages to solve complex security challenges; Detection Engineering Mastery: Track record of designing, tuning, and operating scalable detection engineering pipelines and SOAR playbooks, as well as leveraging AI technologies to improve speed, scale, and quality; AI Experience: Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI workflows for security operations; Agility: Ability to thrive in high-growth, fast-paced environments with evolving threat landscapes

Nice to have

Hands-on experience with Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, or Red Team operations; Background in high-growth fintech, crypto platforms, or managed security service providers; Familiarity with DeFi/crypto, blockchain, and related technologies

Benefits

Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career; Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching; Best-in-class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents; Lifestyle wallet — a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more; Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits; Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more; Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces