Head of AI-Driven Response & Detection Engineering

Rainfall Ventures; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

401(k) matching

Catered meals

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Manager of Response, Automation, Intelligence and Detection Engineering (RAID) within the Security Operations team. You will lead Detection & Response and Threat Intelligence across North America, shaping strategy, execution, and the evolution of defensive security capabilities.

You’ll build and mentor high-performing teams, mature incident response programs, and translate emerging threats into scalable defenses while championing AI, automation, and modern engineering

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, detection engineering, threat intelligence, or a closely related security discipline.
• 4+ years of experience leading high-performing security engineering or security operations teams, including hiring, coaching, and organizational development.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling detection and response programs, including incident response, detection engineering, operational processes, and security metrics.
• Experience leading high-severity security incidents and coordinating cross-functional response efforts involving engineering, communications, legal, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong technical foundation across modern cloud environments, endpoint security, identity systems, SIEM, EDR, and detection engineering practices, with the ability to provide technical leadership without needing to be the primary implementer.
• Experience applying automation, AI, or software engineering practices to improve the scale and effectiveness of security operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence engineering leaders and clearly communicate technical risk to executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Detection & Response and Threat Intelligence organizations across North America, setting the technical vision, organizational strategy, and execution priorities for both teams.
• Mature Robinhood's detection and incident response capabilities by improving detection coverage, response workflows, operational readiness, and measurable security outcomes.
• Define and track operational metrics such as detection coverage, response time, investigation quality, and control effectiveness, using data to continuously improve team performance.
• Lead security incident response for high-severity events, serving as an Incident Commander when needed and ensuring thorough post-incident reviews that drive lasting improvements.
• Partner with Security Engineering, Infrastructure, Product Security, Trust & Safety, and Engineering leaders to translate emerging threats into scalable detection, response, and prevention capabilities.
• Drive adoption of automation, AI, and modern engineering practices to improve analyst productivity, accelerate investigations, and scale security operations.
• Contribute to long-term security strategy, annual planning, budgeting, and organizational design as the Detection & Response program continues to grow.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Leadership

Cloud security

Automation/AI

Communication with exec

Strategic planning

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Manager of Response, Automation, Intelligence and Detection Engineering (RAID) within the Security Operations team. You will lead Detection & Response and Threat Intelligence across North America, shaping strategy, execution, and the evolution of defensive security capabilities.

You’ll build and mentor high-performing teams, mature incident response programs, and translate emerging threats into scalable defenses while championing AI, automation, and modern engineering