Director of Security Engineering, Detection & Response

Remitly • Seattle, WA

3d • $256,000 - $320,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Remitly is seeking a visionary and business-minded security professional to serve as the for our Detection, Response, and Threat Intelligence functions. Over the last few years, the threat landscape has evolved dramatically, and our defensive capabilities must. In this critical leadership role, you will be responsible for building a proactive, intelligence-driven Response capability to ensure Remitly is fully prepared to handle complex, modern security incidents in a cloud-native ecosystem. You will lead a globally distributed organization—including managing and scaling our key operations and engineering in Bangalore (BLR)—focused on generating high-signal, behavior-based alerts, automating containment, and actioning real-time threat intelligence. s serving as the executive interface for our operational security program. You will establish strategic plans, leverage advanced automation and AI-driven SecOps capabilities, and collaborate with our Investment Committee to maintain a world-class maturity level across Detection, Response, and Intel. If you have a passion for "aim for the stars" engineering, empathetic global partnership, and staying two steps ahead of financial cybercrime, we want you on our team.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior security leadership role, specifically managing large, complex security incidents, leading global teams, and scaling SecOps functions.
• Deep understanding of the modern threat landscape, CTI frameworks, cloud-native security architectures, and the application of machine learning/AI in security operations.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to convey critical technical information, intel briefings, and risk impacts to C-suite executives effectively and accurately.
• Ability to develop comprehensive SLOs, SLAs, and telemetry to evaluate the output of multiple domains (e.g., alert efficacy, intel integration, incident operations).
• Ability to balance security risk with rapid innovation in a highly regulated, high-growth financial services environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive an Intelligence-Led Response Program: for large-scale, high-complexity security incidents.
• Mature our incident response program to heavily leverage Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) and automated containment to reduce mean time to remediate (MTTR).
• Build & Integrate Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI): Establish and lead a Threat Intelligence function.
• Track Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), financial cybercrime syndicates, and emerging attack vectors, ensuring strategic intel is translated into tactical detection rules and proactive defense measures.
• Modernize Detection Engineering: Lead the transition from traditional signature-based alerting to behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR).
• Ensure detection capabilities are o for our modern, highly-distributed technological environment.
• Global Team Leadership: Hire, develop, and mentor Technical Leads, Engineering Managers, and specialists across multiple time zones. You will specifically oversee the growth, management, and integration of our dedicated team in Bangalore, ensuring seamless "follow-the-sun" operations and engineering alignment.
• Executive Communication: Act as the primary liaison during high-stress incidents, translating highly complex technical details, threat actor motivations, and business impacts to Remitly’s executive leadership and Board of Directors.
• Drive continuous organizational learning through blameless, highly actionable After Action Reports (AARs) and continuous threat exposure management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees