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Senior Detection and Response Engineer

Altruist · Los Angeles, CA

Posted 8 days ago

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This role has been open
8 days
Altruist's roles stay open a median of 36 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
10% of Altruist's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Altruist
high
33 stale, 0 reposted of 81 open
Hiring momentum
98 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Detection and Response Engineer at Altruist, you will be responsible for building and maintaining detection capabilities across various platforms, including cloud and endpoint environments. Your day-to-day tasks will involve triaging security alerts, leading incident responses, and developing automated response playbooks. You will also collaborate with other security teams and continuously improve detection efficacy based on industry standards.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Altruist as an employer.

What you need

  • 4+ years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting
  • Hands-on authoring of detections in a modern SIEM
  • Investigations across cloud (AWS), endpoint, and identity data sources
  • Comfort scripting and automating (e.g., Python)
  • A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Security or relevant experience
  • Technologically savvy with modern tech stacks (i.e., AWS, Kubernetes, Datadog/Splunk, SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Terraform)

Nice to have

  • Experience working in regulated environments (fintech / financial services)
  • Cyber threat intelligence or insider-threat detection experience

What you get

  • Competitive total compensation
  • Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO)
  • 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting
  • 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment
  • Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee
  • Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.)

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid work schedule with three days onsite in San Francisco or Culver City
  • Salary range provided, but no specific salary mentioned for the role
  • Focus on building detections and response capabilities may imply a fast-paced environment with evolving challenges

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Listed by Altruist on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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