Senior Detection and Response Engineer

The role

This person will build and scale detection engineering, threat monitoring, and incident response capabilities. They will work across cloud, enterprise, robotics, and infrastructure environments to improve visibility and defend systems.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable detection engineering capabilities across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, enterprise systems, and operational environments
• Improve incident response readiness through automation, threat hunting, telemetry enrichment, and operational playbook development
• Build high-signal monitoring pipelines and security analytics
• Partner cross-functionally with Infrastructure, IT, Robotics, and Product Security teams
• Reduce mean time to detect and respond by improving alert quality, investigation tooling, and operational response workflows

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, security operations, or related security engineering roles
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, logging pipelines, cloud monitoring, and security telemetry systems
• Strong understanding of cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience developing automation workflows, response tooling, or detection logic using scripting/programming languages
• Strong hands-on experience in detection engineering, incident response, or security operations
• Deep understanding of cloud security, endpoint telemetry, identity systems, and infrastructure monitoring
• Experience building detections using SIEM, EDR, and security analytics platforms
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and operational problem-solving abilities
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related technical field

Nice to have

• Experience supporting robotics, manufacturing, operational technology (OT), or hardware engineering environments
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, threat intelligence workflows, and adversary emulation methodologies
• Experience with Kubernetes security, infrastructure monitoring, and distributed systems environments
• Exposure to zero trust architectures, identity systems, and security orchestration tooling
• Experience operating in high-growth startup environments

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to do chores and handle tasks. They solve robotics, AI, and manufacturing to create NEO, a flagship home robot.