# Senior Detection Engineer

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $192k – $243k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Go, Soar, macOS, CI/CD, Detection Engineering, Incident Response
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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