Security engineer, detection and response

Jobright.ai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 342,000; Full time

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Medical insurance

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401(k)

Job summary

A technology firm is seeking a Security Engineer specialized in detection and response to enhance the security of their AI infrastructure. This mid-senior level position involves designing threat detections, automating responses, and leading investigations to safeguard high-value intellectual property. Candidates should have extensive experience in security operations and knowledge of AI-specific attack vectors, with a salary range reflecting the critical nature of the role.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to detect sophisticated attacks.
• Experience with GPU cluster security.
• Strong programming skills in Python, KQL, SPL, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Engineer advanced threat detection for AI/ML-specific threats.
• Automate security responses and build orchestration workflows.
• Lead AI incident response and coordinate investigations.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Distributed systems security

Cloud-native monitoring

Python programming

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Job Summary:

WRITER is seeking a Detection and Response Engineer to safeguard their AI/AGI platforms from evolving threats. This role involves designing advanced detections, automating rapid responses, and leading investigations into incidents affecting their AI stack, ensuring the security of their infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer advanced threat detection — Design and implement detections for AI/ML-specific threats including prompt injection, model extraction, data poisoning, and adversarial inputs.

• Automate security responses — Build playbooks and orchestration workflows that contain AI-targeted attacks in minutes, not hours.

• Lead AI incident response — Coordinate cross-team investigations into compromises of models, training data, and inference endpoints.

• Hunt for AI-specific threats — Proactively search for active attacks across GPU clusters, training pipelines, and model deployments.

• Enhance visibility & telemetry — Onboard, optimize, and analyze logging from AI infrastructure to detect anomalies and misuse.

• Collaborate across domains — Partner with AI Security on threat intelligence, Cloud/Infrastructure on runtime monitoring, and Software Security Engineering on customer-impacting incidents.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 8+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response.

• 3+ years securing AI/ML infrastructure or high-performance computing environments.

• Proven ability to detect and stop sophisticated attacks.

• Experience with distributed systems, GPU cluster security, and cloud-native monitoring.

• Proficiency with SIEM platforms and detection technologies.

• Strong programming skills in Python, KQL, SPL, or similar.

• Deep understanding of AI/ML attack vectors such as adversarial examples, model inversion, and membership inference.

• Experience securing training pipelines, model deployments, and sensitive research environments.

• Knowledge of GPU computing security challenges.

• Hands-on forensics experience in distributed or cloud-based systems.

• Demonstrated success in building detections for novel, AI-specific attack techniques.

• History of safeguarding high-value intellectual property.

• Proven record of automating incident response at scale.

• Track record of uncovering critical security gaps through proactive threat hunting.

Preferred:

• Background in AI/ML engineering or research.

• Experience with AI safety and AI/ML security research.

• Familiarity with APT tactics targeting AI companies.

• Contributions to the AI security research community.

• Experience with confidential computing or secure enclaves.

Company:

Writer is a software firm that develops a full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for enterprises. Founded in 2020, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, team size 201-500 employees, currently Growth Stage. WRITER has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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