Description
At Instacart, we're transforming the grocery industry by delivering an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods. Our Detection Engineering team builds and operates systems to identify, surface, and respond to threats across our platform.
As a Senior Detection Engineer II, you'll develop high-fidelity detection logic, hunt for novel attacker techniques, and raise the bar for coverage, quality, and scale. You'll work closely with Engineering, Red Team, Incident Response, Fraud, and Trust & Safety to ensure detections reflect real-world adversary behavior.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, tune, document, and maintain detection logic across multiple log sources
- Assist in cyber forensic investigations
- Optimize log ingestion pipelines and telemetry collection
- Design and build SOAR playbooks and automation workflows
- Mentor junior security analysts and detection engineers
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or offensive security
- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Understanding of attacker TTPs across modern zero-trust environments
- Proficiency with macOS internals and telemetry
- Experience implementing detection-as-code workflows
- Basic proficiency with Python, Golang, or other programming languages
Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in offensive security or red teaming
- Knowledge of machine learning for threat detection