Description
At Anthropic, we are pioneering new frontiers in AI that have the potential to greatly benefit society. However, developing advanced AI also comes with risks if not properly safeguarded. That's why we are seeking an exceptional Detection and Response engineer that will be on the frontlines to build solutions to monitor for threats, rapidly investigate incidents, and coordinate response efforts with other teams.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape our security capabilities from the ground up alongside our world-class research and security teams. You will lead cybersecurity Incident Response efforts covering diverse domains from external attacks to insider threats involving all layers of Anthropic's technology stack.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and deploying novel tooling that may leverage Large Language Models to enhance detection, investigation, and response capabilities
- Creating and optimizing detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents
- Reviewing Incident Response metrics and procedures and driving continuous improvement
- Working cross-functionally with other security and engineering teams
Note: This position will require participation in an on-call rotation.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, with security experience a plus
- 5+ years of detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting experience
- A solid understanding of cloud environments and operations
- Experience working with engineering teams in a SaaS environment
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
- An ability to lead projects with little guidance
- The ability to pick up new languages and technologies quickly
- Experience handling security incidents and investigating anomalies as part of a team
- Knowledge of EDR, SIEM, SOAR, or related security tools
Strong candidates may also have experience with:
- Performing security operations or investigations involving large-scale Kubernetes environments
- A high level of proficiency in Python and query languages such as SQL
- Analyzing attack behavior and prototyping high-quality detections
- Threat intelligence, malware analysis, infrastructure as code, detection engineering, or forensics
- Contributing to a high-growth startup environment
If you're interested in this role, please submit an application, even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification. We encourage diversity and inclusion in our hiring process.