Engineering Manager, Detect & Respond

United States Digital Space LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Equity for all employees

Day-one 401(k) match

Paid sabbatical after 6 years

Professional coaching

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in New York seeks an Engineering Manager of Detection Engineering to lead a team building and operating our security detection capabilities across cloud, SaaS, and product systems. You'll drive the roadmap, mentor engineers, collaborate with IT, Risk, Compliance, and our external SOC, and translate security priorities into concrete engineering outcomes.

The role is based in NYC with a base salary in the $175,000–$215,000 range and eligible for incentive bonuses as

Qualifications

• 7+ years in security engineering or operations.
• 2+ years managing security or detection engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Detection Program Strategy: own, drive, and execute the roadmap.
• Detection Quality: measure health, coverage, precision, false positives.
• Threat Modeling: define telemetry and threat models before ship.
• Incident Response Leadership: oversee IR and post-incident reviews.
• Team Leadership: mentor and grow detection engineers.
• External SOC Partnership: define scope and improve triage quality.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: align with IT, Risk, Compliance, and Security.
• Engineering Quality: uphold high standards and maintainable code.
• Compliance: lead audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Skills

SIEM platforms

Detection engineering

Incident response

External SOC

Cloud & tooling

Engineering quality

Compliance

Communication

Team leadership

Job description

About the company

the company is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/ week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).

About the Role

the company's mission is to make people's lives better through smarter financial tools, and protecting that trust is where security comes in. As Engineering Manager of Detection Engineering, you'll lead the team responsible for building and operating the company's security detection capabilities. You'll own the strategy and execution for how we detect threats across our cloud infrastructure, SaaS ecosystem, and product, giving your team the direction and support they need to do their best work.

You'll partner closely with Security Engineering, IT, Risk, and Engineering leadership to mature our detection program, balancing the delivery of new capabilities with the operational rigor our customers and business depend on. You'll be a hands-on leader who can go deep on the work while also driving the roadmap, growing your team, and translating security priorities into engineering outcomes.

This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the company’s total compensation package for employees.

• New York City: $175,000 - $215,000

This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

A Day in the Life:

• Detection Program Strategy: Help own, drive, and execute the Detection Engineering roadmap, balancing new capability development with the operational health of existing systems, including driving threat-informed, TTP-aligned detection development across the team.

• Detection Quality: Work with engineers and the business to maintain and refine the measurement framework for detection health, coverage, precision, false positive rates, and safe rollout practices, holding the team to a continuously improving bar.

• Threat Modeling: Set expectations for how the team engages with engineering and infrastructure partners on new systems, ensuring D&R requirements (telemetry, threat models, response playbooks) are defined before systems ship.

• Incident Response Leadership: Lead or oversee the team's response to security incidents, ensuring clear ownership, fast time-to-contain, and strong post-incident review practices.

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of detection engineers, investing in their craft and careers.

• External SOC Partnership: Partner with our external SOC to define scope, improve triage quality, and identify opportunities to hand off well-defined alert handling.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with IT, Risk, Compliance, and the broader Security Engineering team to understand security priorities and translate them into engineering work. Represent Detection Engineering across the organization, making security work legible to non-security teams and building strong stakeholder relationships.

• Engineering Quality: Hold a high bar for engineering quality, automated testing, proper observability, documented runbooks, and maintainable code.

• Compliance: Lead the team through audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.), ensuring detection infrastructure supports compliance evidence and control requirements.

What We're Looking For:

We are seeking a team member with 7+ years in security engineering or operations, with 2+ years managing security or detection engineering teams including senior engineers.

• Player-Coach: A track record as a true player-coach, comfortable going deep on technical problems while also leading people and programs.

• Detection Expertise: Strong background in SIEM platforms, detection-as-code practices, and threat-informed detection development including familiarity with adversary TTPs and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.

• Incident Response: Experience leading or overseeing incident response, including establishing IR playbooks and driving post-incident review practices.

• External SOC: Experience working with or managing an external SOC, including defining escalation paths and performance expectations.

• Cloud & Tooling: Familiarity with cloud environments, endpoint security, and identity platforms..

• Engineering Quality: Passion for engineering quality, you hold the team to the same standards as any product engineering team.

• Compliance: Experience collaborating with Compliance, Risk, and Audit teams on security controls and evidence collection.

• Communication: Clear, direct communicator who can translate security context for technical and non-technical audiences alike

Join a team built on these core valuesWe change lives

Be a part of a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission; to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.We set audacious goals

We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves, and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.

We value all perspectives

When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.

We simplify financial services

We’re financial services pioneers, always finding new ways to improve, optimize, and enhance. Constant improvement is in our DNA.

Our Commitment to Your Total Well-being:

• We offer a competitive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); transit benefits and FSA and HSA options

• Ownership: Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants.

• Time: Flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.

• Growth: Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.

• Wealth: Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.

What happens next

We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.

In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of