Threat Detection and Response Engineering Senior Manager

FanDuel • Atlanta, GA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager - Threat Detection and Response to lead and evolve our threat detection, threat intelligence, and response capabilities across our organization.
This role sits at the intersection of engineering, detection, and response, with a focus on building resilient, scalable systems that reduce risk and enable rapid, high-confidence decision making during security events.
You will operate as a player–coach, leading a team of engineers while remaining hands-on in architecture, tooling, and incident leadership.

Requirements

• Experience leading engineering teams in detection, response, threat intelligence, or security engineering
• Proven experience owning high-severity incident response in complex environments
• Deep understanding of SIEM, EDR, telemetry pipelines, and detection ecosystems
• Experience building automation and distributed systems for security operations at scale
• Strong cloud expertise (e.g., AWS, GCP), including identity, infrastructure, and logging
• Familiarity with modern attack techniques, threat modeling, and adversary behavior
• Ability to operate in high-scale, high-availability environments with a focus on resilience
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Nice To Haves

• Experience leveraging AI/ML (e.g., LLMs) to enhance detection, triage, or investigation workflows

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team across detection engineering, threat intelligence, and incident response
• Own detection and response outcomes end-to-end, including signal quality, telemetry coverage, and alert fidelity
• Act as incident commander for high-severity events, driving decisive, structured response under ambiguity
• Build and scale automation-first and AI-assisted workflows to reduce MTTD/MTTR and improve decision quality
• Establish and operate against clear SLIs/SLOs and KPIs for detection and response effectiveness
• Drive continuous improvement of detection and response capabilities through engineering roadmaps and measurable outcomes
• Build and ensure readiness for high-stakes events through preparation and repeatable processes

Benefits

• We offer amazing benefits above and beyond the basics. We have an array of health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
• We offer generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave), annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance), 401k with up to a 5% match, commuter benefits , pet insurance, and more - check out all our benefits here: FanDuel Total Rewards.
• Benefits differ across location, role, and level.
• medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; disability insurance; a 401(k) matching program; among other employee benefits.
• This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including, but not limited to, cash bonuses and stock program participation.
• This role includes paid personal time off and 14 paid company holidays.
• FanDuel offers paid sick time in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed