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InstacartInstacartUnited States

Senior Detection Engineer

Senior Detection Engineer building and operating detection systems across endpoint, cloud, container, and SaaS environments. Requires 5+ years in detection engineering or incident response, cloud platform experience, and detection-as-code expertise.

192k – 243k
Remote5+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop, tune, document, and maintain detection logic across multiple log sources including endpoint, cloud, container, and SaaS products
  • Assist in cyber forensic investigations across a variety of log sources
  • Optimize log ingestion pipelines and telemetry collection to ensure high-quality, actionable security data while managing volume and cost
  • Design and build SOAR playbooks and automation workflows to streamline detection triage, enrichment, and response actions
  • Mentor junior security analysts and detection engineers on threat hunting methodologies, detection logic development, and investigation techniques

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a detection engineering, incident response, or offensive security role
  • Experience with 1 or more public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Deep understanding of attacker TTPs across modern zero trust environments, including identity compromise, token theft, and abuse of trust boundaries
  • Proficient understanding of macOS internals and telemetry available to identify macOS specific threats
  • Experience implementing detection-as-code workflows including version control, peer review processes, automated testing, and CI/CD deployment pipelines
  • Basic proficiency with Python, Golang, or other programming languages
  • Relevant certifications: GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM, OSCP, GCIA, or similar

Nice-to-Haves

  • Background in offensive security or red teaming
  • Knowledge of machine learning for threat detection

Skills

AWSAzureGCPPythonGoSoarmacOSCI/CDDetection EngineeringIncident Response
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