Lambda
Senior Manager, Detection and Response
Bellevue Office · Senior
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About the role
- We're responsible for securing every byte that powers breakthrough artificial intelligence.
- Key priorities include 24/7 operational coverage, maintaining customer trust through rapid incident response, and delivering a comprehensive D&R strategy within your first 6 months.
- We value diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skills, and we are excited to hear from candidates who can bring unique perspectives to our team.
Responsibilities
- Build, hire, and lead a high-performing Detection & Response team that can scale with Lambda's hypergrowth while maintaining 24/7 operational excellence
- Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide constructive feedback, and create clear career development paths that help security engineers advance their technical and leadership skills
- Drive outcomes by managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while establishing our blameless post-incident culture focused on systemic improvements rather than individual accountability
- Define and implement threat management frameworks that transform reactive security operations into proactive threat hunting and detection, establishing automation standards that eliminate repetitive work and enable your team to focus on novel challenges
- Partner with Product and Platform engineering teams to evolve our detection and response capabilities as Lambda's infrastructure grows
- Lead cross-functional collaboration during critical events and establish executive reporting that translates technical incidents into business impact while driving blameless post-incident reviews to continuously strengthen security posture
- Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
Requirements
- 10+ years of security experience with 5+ years leading technical teams, demonstrating ability to build and manage independently
Nice to have
- Track record using AI/ML for security operations automation (yes, we know it's all brand new)
- Background scaling security during hypergrowth (10x growth phases)
- Deep technical background allowing hands-on contribution when needed
- Experience with both build and buy decisions for security tooling
- Experience driving or providing significant evidence for compliance audits, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, or FedRAMP.
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Skills
- Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.
- One person, one GPU.
Compensation
- The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors.
- However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
- We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Benefits
- We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Company info
- Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.
- Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.
- Create data-driven insights showing where we are reacting most frequently to guide investments in preventative controls
Equal opportunity
- Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
- Equal Opportunity Employer
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