Engineering Manager, Detection And Response (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager, Detection and Response (Cybersecurity): Lead the Detection and Response teams in creating security observability, detection lifecycle, and incident response programs, focusing on observability, detection, investigation, incident response, and threat intelligence. Focus on building scalable, AI-leveraged D&R solutions and driving capability maturity across the detection lifecycle.

Location: Currently, expected to be in one of the offices (San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY) at least 25% of the time.

Salary: $405,000 - $485,000 USD

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

What you will do

• Manage and grow a high-performing D&R team, planning strategy and hiring to support hirify.global's rapid growth.
• Collaborate across security engineering teams to build prevention, observability, detection, and response capabilities.
• Facilitate development of scalable, AI-leveraged D&R solutions.
• Build partnerships with product, infrastructure, and research teams to instill security monitoring best practices.
• Own and continuously improve Security Incident Response, Data Management, and Detection Engineering policies and playbooks.
• Drive capability maturity across the detection lifecycle, establishing metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness.

Requirements

• 10+ years building detection and response capabilities in a cloud-native organization.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience with a proven track record of building and scaling security teams.
• Deep understanding of security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and forensics best practices.
• Experienced in securing complex cloud environments (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP) with modern detection technologies.
• Knowledgeable in AI/ML security risks, detection patterns, and response strategies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to distill complex security topics.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

Hiring process

• Applications will be received on a rolling basis.