HackerOne
Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response
Austin · Senior · Contract
No sponsorshipDetected 92 days ago
PythonGoRubyAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesDatadogLLMsAgentic AICybersecurityIncident ResponseSensorsResearchLeadershipCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- At HackerOne, we're rebuilding our Detection & Response function with an AI-first approach-focused on engineering, not just triage.
- This role operates across the full detection lifecycle-from identifying gaps in observability to shipping high-signal detections and leading incident response when it matters most.
- You'll help scale what a small team can accomplish by embedding automation, intelligence, and AI into how we detect and respond to threats.
Responsibilities
- Build automated investigation and response workflows that replace manual runbooks, leveraging AI First principles to scale triage, enrichment, containment, and remediation
- Develop and deploy AI/LLM-powered tooling to accelerate investigations, reduce alert fatigue, and extend team capacity beyond traditional headcount constraints, embedding AI First practices into daily workflows
- Lead and participate in incident response, including detection, investigation, containment, and retrospectives, applying First Principles Problem Solving to identify root causes and improve long-term resilience
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering and platform teams to expand logging, improve observability, and embed detection capabilities into the development lifecycle
- Continuously improve detection quality by analyzing alert performance, tuning for signal, and building feedback loops between incidents and detections using Data-Driven Decision Making
- Adapt quickly to evolving threats, tools, and priorities, helping the team maintain momentum and effectiveness through Change Agility
- Offensive security is no longer optional - it is the standard for forward-thinking companies that want to build trust and resilience in a world where AI-driven innovation and adversaries are moving faster than ever.
- We're committed to building a global team!
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in detection and response, security engineering, or software engineering with a security focus
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages, and experience working in production codebases
- Experience with log aggregation and analysis platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, ELK) and endpoint detection tools (e.g., SentinelOne, CrowdStrike)
Nice to have
- Experience with detection-as-code frameworks or building custom detection pipelines
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS)
- Experience with threat intelligence, threat hunting, forensics, or attacker tradecraft frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
- Employee Assistance Program
- Eligibility may differ by country
- Visa/work permit sponsorship is not available.
- Employment at HackerOne is contingent on a background check.
- HackerOne makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Skills
- HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM).
Compensation
- This policy applies to all HackerOne employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship.
Benefits
- Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance*
- Equity stock options
- Retirement plans
- Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
- This policy applies to all HackerOne employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship.
- Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity systems, improving coverage and signal quality through Data-Driven Decision Making
- Proactively identify gaps in visibility or coverage and translate ambiguous problem spaces into concrete detection and response solutions through First Principles Problem Solving
Company info
- we combine the ingenuity of the largest security research community with a best-in-class AI-powered platform, trusted by the world's top organizations.
- HackerOne Values
- HackerOne is dedicated to fostering a strong and inclusive culture.
- HackerOne is Customer Obsessed and prioritizes customer outcomes in our decisions and actions.
- We Default to Disclosure by operating with transparency and integrity, ensuring trust and accountability.
- Employees, researchers, customers, and partners Win Together by fostering empowerment, inclusion, respect, and accountability.
- HackerOne is at a pivotal inflection point in the security industry.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa/work permit sponsorship is not available.
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