AI-Driven Detection & Incident Response Engineer

Modal Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Modal Labs in San Francisco is seeking a Detection & Response Engineer to build scalable security systems for our cloud-based platform. You will design detections, drive incident response, and develop tooling that speeds investigations across our infrastructure.

You’ll collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and security engineers to ensure resilience, with a focus on AI-powered automation and observable services.

Qualifications

• Experience in detection engineering, incident response, security engineering, or software engineering with a security focus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-fidelity detections for attacks, abuse, and anomalies across our infrastructure and production systems.

Skills

Detection engineering

Incident response

Security engineering

Software engineering with security

Cloud-native environments

Kubernetes

Linux

Networking

SQL for security

AI/LLMs in security

Communication skills

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

Kubernetes security tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Job description

Modal Labs in San Francisco is seeking a Detection & Response Engineer to build scalable security systems for our cloud-based platform. You will design detections, drive incident response, and develop tooling that speeds investigations across our infrastructure.

You’ll collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and security engineers to ensure resilience, with a focus on AI-powered automation and observable services.