Security Engineer, Detection & Response · Anthropic

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:58:41 GMT
Engineering

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DC · $300,000 - $405,000 USD · hybrid

About the role

At Anthropic, we are pioneering new frontiers in AI that have the potential to greatly benefit society. However, developing advanced AI also comes with risks if not properly safeguarded. That's why we are seeking an exceptional Detection and Response engineer that will be on the frontlines to build solutions to monitor for threats, rapidly investigate incidents, and coordinate response efforts with other teams. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape our security capabilities from the ground up alongside our world-class research and security teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead cybersecurity Incident Response efforts covering diverse domains from external attacks to insider threats involving all layers of Anthropic’s technology stack

Develop and deploy novel tooling that may leverage Large Language Models to enhance detection, investigation, and response capabilities

Create and optimise detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents

Review Incident Response metrics and procedures and drive continuous improvement

Work cross functionally with other security and engineering teams

You may be a good fit if you:

3+ years of software engineering experience, with security experience a plus and/or

5+ years of detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting experience

A solid understanding of cloud environments and operations

Experience working with engineering teams in a SaaS environment

Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

An ability to lead projects with little guidance

The ability to pick up new languages and technologies quickly

Experience handling security incidents and investigating anomalies as part of a team

Knowledge of EDR, SIEM, SOAR, or related security tools

Strong candidates may also have experience with:

Experience performing security operations or investigations involving large-scale Kubernetes environments

A high level of proficiency in Python and query languages such as SQL

Experience analysing attack behaviour and prototyping high-quality detections

Experience with threat intelligence, malware analysis, infrastructure as code, detection engineering, or forensics

Experience contributing to a high growth startup environment

Deadline to apply:

None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work.

Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.