Detection & Response Security Engineer

Harvey

. Build strong relationships with key employees across the organization .

Posted 4/9/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $188,000 - $282,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build strong relationships with key employees across the organization
Use your offensive security expertise to develop plausible threat scenarios and identify opportunities for detection
Assess logs for gaps and implement additional logging as needed
Build out sophisticated data pipelines to handle increasing volumes of data and enrich our observability
Lead incident response, as needed
Develop detection rules and a process for keeping them effective in collaboration with our other D&R Engineers
Participate in table-top and redteam exercises to evaluate efficacy

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated ability to find weaknesses (e.g. privilege escalation) in real-world corporate networks, cloud environments, or applications
Hands-on experience responding to security incidents
Strong understanding of computer networks, operating systems, and cryptographic protocols
4+ years of experience in Security, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related disciplines

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

offensive securitythreat scenarioslog assessmentdata pipelinesincident responsedetection rulesprivilege escalationsecurity incident responsecomputer networkscryptographic protocols

Soft Skills

relationship buildingcollaborationleadership