
Senior Detection Engineer
Instacart
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $192,000 - $242,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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.
- Background in offensive security or red teaming (preferred)
- Knowledge of machine learning for threat detection (preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
detection engineeringincident responseoffensive securitylog ingestion pipelinestelemetry collectionSOAR playbooksautomation workflowsdetection-as-codePythonGolang
Soft Skills
mentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
GCFAGCFEGNFAGREMOSCPGCIA