AI-Driven Security Research Engineer

Theory Ventures; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Artemis is seeking a Security Research Engineer in the United States to drive detection research, threat hunting, and AI-powered security automation. You will build detections, investigate incidents, and engage with customers to deliver security value across cloud environments.

This hands-on role shapes how threats are caught and offers opportunities to scale investigation automation and work at the intersection of security expertise and cutting-edge AI.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience
• Hands-on incident response across cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and identity providers (Okta, Entra ID)
• Strong knowledge of threat actor TTPs and ability to uncover activity across environments
• Strong log-based analysis and ability to identify malicious activity across log sources
• Ability to translate security research into actionable detections or threat hunts
• Strong communication skills—explaining findings to engineers and customers
• Experience with detection engineering at scale
• Bonus: SOC/Managed Detection and Response experience
• Familiarity with SIEM/EDR/SOAR tools
• Customer-facing technical experience
• Experience with AI tools and models

Responsibilities

• Develop AI-powered detection tooling - Build automation that leverages AI to accelerate detection creation, tuning, and validation at scale.
• Conduct security research - Analyze cloud, identity, and SaaS data sources to extract security value and identify detection opportunities.
• Perform attack simulations - Execute authorized attack simulations to validate detection coverage and identify gaps in defenses.
• Hunt for threats - Proactively search for malicious activity across customer environments using the platform.
• Investigate potential cases - Analyze security incidents to demonstrate product value and refine detection logic.
• Engage with customers - Join calls to present analysis results and gather feedback that shapes the product.
• Tune customer detections - Reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
• Build investigation automation - Create AI-powered tools that scale investigation and threat hunting workflows across the platform.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Incident response

Cloud security

Identity providers

Threat hunting

Detection engineering

Communication

AI tools & models

Tools

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Job description

Artemis is seeking a Security Research Engineer in the United States to drive detection research, threat hunting, and AI-powered security automation. You will build detections, investigate incidents, and engage with customers to deliver security value across cloud environments.

This hands-on role shapes how threats are caught and offers opportunities to scale investigation automation and work at the intersection of security expertise and cutting-edge AI.