Senior AI-First Detection & Response Engineer

HackerOne; Austin (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity stock options

Retirement plans

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Job summary

HackerOne is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for their Detection and Response team in Austin, TX. This role focuses on engineering AI-first detection capabilities to secure cloud environments. Key responsibilities include designing detection systems, leading incident responses, and automating workflows. Candidates should have 5+ years in security engineering, strong coding skills (Python, Go), and experience with AWS and log analysis tools. Benefits include health insurance, equity options, and unlimited PTO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in detection and response, security engineering, or software engineering with a security focus.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments, especially AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure.
• Build automated investigation and response workflows using AI principles.
• Lead and participate in incident response efforts.

Skills

Detection and response

Software engineering

Python

Go

Ruby

AWS

Log aggregation platforms

Endpoint detection tools

Tools

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

VPC flow logs

Datadog

Splunk

ELK

SentinelOne

CrowdStrike

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS/EKS

Job description

HackerOne is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for their Detection and Response team in Austin, TX. This role focuses on engineering AI-first detection capabilities to secure cloud environments. Key responsibilities include designing detection systems, leading incident responses, and automating workflows. Candidates should have 5+ years in security engineering, strong coding skills (Python, Go), and experience with AWS and log analysis tools. Benefits include health insurance, equity options, and unlimited PTO.