Remote AI-Driven Detection Engineering Lead

Dropzone AI; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Self-Managed PTO

Equity grants

Job summary

Dropzone AI seeks a Senior/Principal Detection Engineer to shape the future of AI-driven security operations. You will lead detection engineering, partner with product and engineering, and advance detection content and efficacy. This is a senior-to-principal role focused on expert techniques and scalable detections.

Join a 100% remote company with a strong emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and impact. Compensation includes a $200,000—$250,000 USD base salary plus equity and comprehensive

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in detection engineering.
• Expertise with two or more major SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Elastic, Chronicle, Sumo Logic, etc.).
• Strong understanding of endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and SaaS telemetry.
• Expertise in MITRE ATT&CK, adversary emulation, and detection coverage analysis.
• Experience building and tuning high-fidelity detections at scale.
• Strong understanding of modern attacker tradecraft across Windows, Linux, cloud, identity, and SaaS environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage practitioners, executives, and customers.
• Early-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed execution
• Being data-driven is part of your DNA.

Responsibilities

• Detection Engineering Leadership: Lead exploration of AI-generated detection content and improvements.
• Product Development: Encode expert detection knowledge into the product and design scoring rubrics for SIEM/EDR/NDR/cloud.
• Threat Research & Innovation: Stay current on threats, conduct original research, and develop AI-assisted detection approaches.

Skills

SIEM platforms

Threat detection

MITRE ATT&CK

Adversary emulation

Telemetry knowledge

Communication skills

Startup mindset

Tools

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender

SentinelOne

Cortex XDR

Job description

Dropzone AI seeks a Senior/Principal Detection Engineer to shape the future of AI-driven security operations. You will lead detection engineering, partner with product and engineering, and advance detection content and efficacy. This is a senior-to-principal role focused on expert techniques and scalable detections.

Join a 100% remote company with a strong emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and impact. Compensation includes a $200,000—$250,000 USD base salary plus equity and comprehensive