Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Anthropic•Washington, DC

1d•$300,000 - $405,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking an exceptional Detection and Response engineer to be on the frontlines of building solutions to monitor for threats, rapidly investigate incidents, and coordinate response efforts with other teams. This role offers the opportunity to shape security capabilities from the ground up alongside world-class research and security teams. The position requires participation in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Experience performing security operations or investigations involving large-scale Kubernetes environments
A high level of proficiency in Python and query languages such as SQL
Experience analyzing attack behavior and prototyping high quality detections
Experience with threat intelligence, malware analysis, infrastructure as code, detection engineering, or forensics
Experience contributing to a high growth startup environment

Responsibilities

Lead cybersecurity Incident Response efforts covering diverse domains from external attacks to insider threats involving all layers of Anthropic’s technology stack
Develop and deploy novel tooling that may leverage Large Language Models to enhance detection, investigation, and response capabilities
Create and optimize detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents
Review Incident Response metrics and procedures and drive continuous improvement
Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams