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Security Engineer, Detection & Response
Scale AI
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DCPosted Jul 23, 2026 · 3d ago$238k – $297k
Full-time$238k – $297kSeniorHybridCybersecurity
About this role
Scale AI is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Detection and Incident Response to build systems for detecting, containing, and preventing security incidents. This role involves writing production-quality code to develop high-precision detections, automation for faster response, and improved telemetry pipelines. You will investigate incidents, analyze root causes, and translate findings into engineering improvements.
What we are looking for
6- Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic across cloud and enterprise environments
- Build and maintain incident response automation, runbooks, and tooling
- Mature telemetry pipelines through improved schema design and quality checks
- Perform digital incident investigations, forensics, and malware analysis
- Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems
- Partner cross-functionally to harden identity and access patterns and close security gaps
Skills mentioned
2PythonAWS
