Hybrid Lead Security Detection Response Engineer

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About the role

  • Lead Security Detection Response Engineer designing innovative security systems for a venture capital firm. Collaborate across product and infrastructure to enhance detection and response capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate the full detection and response stack, from log ingestion to incident triage
  • Develop, tune, and maintain high-signal detection rules based on AngelList’s top risks
  • Respond to and lead investigation of security events, including cross-functional incident coordination
  • Automate alert triage workflows and reduce manual operational overhead
  • Continuously hunt for threats and improve our ability to detect and respond to novel attacks
  • Create tools to gather telemetry data from production systems and surface meaningful signals
  • Author and maintain runbooks and incident playbooks to drive consistency and clarity in response
  • Harness AI to scale triage, detection, and response—while understanding its blind spots

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting in cloud environments
  • Experience leading complex investigations with multiple stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ownership of a full detection and response function
  • Broader experience across other security engineering disciplines (e.g., product security, infra)
  • Expertise in AWS security controls and services
  • Deep understanding of SIEM and SOAR platforms and their configuration
  • Familiarity with offensive techniques and real-world compromise scenarios
  • Strong working knowledge of adversary TTPs and MITRE ATT&CK
  • Hands-on experience with log analysis, anomaly detection, and correlation at scale
  • Operating system internals and forensic analysis (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Ability to analyze endpoint, network, and application telemetry
  • Experience scripting or coding to automate detection and triage workflows
  • Familiarity with DevOps toolsets and production environments
  • Clear, concise communicator who can work across technical and non-technical teams
  • Leadership mindset with a strong bias toward action and results

Benefits

  • We support your life both in and outside of work.

Job title

Lead Security Detection Response Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$200,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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