security
Posted 2 days agoSecurity Engineer, Public Sector
at scaleai
New York, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic across cloud and enterprise environments, treating detections as software with version control, peer review, and measurable performance.
- Build and maintain incident response automation, runbooks, and tooling that reduce containment timelines without sacrificing developer velocity.
- Perform digital incident investigations to identify and contain potential security breaches.
- Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis to understand attack vectors and adversary methodologies.
- Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems to enable fast, traceable response workflows.
- Utilize threat intelligence platforms to improve hunting, detection, and response workflows.
Requirements
- Your ability to write production-quality code is just as important as your ability to triage an alert. You will structure investigations, analyze root causes, and clearly communicate the significance of security incidents, their impact, and recommended remediation steps — but you'll also turn those findings into durable engineering improvements: better detections, tighter schemas, and smarter automation. You will:
- Clearly explain the significance and impact of incidents, providing actionable recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Must have:
- Proficiency in NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, and/or Kubernetes. 5+ years of
- experience in Detection Engineering, Incident Response, or Security Operations, with a strong emphasis on building and shipping security tooling and automation.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go) and comfort writing production-grade code — not just scripts. Hands-on
- experience designing or improving detection pipelines, SIEM content, and alerting workflows in cloud-native environments. Practical
- experience with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR tools, with a preference for candidates who have built integrations or extended these platforms programmatically.
- Strong understanding of modern cyber threats, common attack techniques, and adversary TTPs.
- Familiarity with digital forensics tools and malware analysis techniques. •
- Experience with cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and the security telemetry those environments generate.
- Relevant security certifications (e.g., GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, GDSA) are a plus.
- At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
- We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
Benefits
- Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
- The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training.
- Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
- Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive
- benefits including, but not limited to: comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.
- benefits such as a commuter stipend.
- For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is: $218,400 — $342,000 USD The base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of Hawaii, Washington DC, Texas, Colorado is: $196,800 — $307,000 USD The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of St. Louis is: $164,000 — $256,000 USD
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision .
Contact
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.
Additional details
- We are seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to join our Public Sector Infrastructure & Security team as a security generalist.
- As a generalist you will ensure the security and integrity of our products and platform designing and shipping high-precision detections across cloud services and enterprise SaaS.
- You won't just investigate incidents, you'll build the systems that detect, contain, and prevent them.
- Mature telemetry pipelines through improved schema design, normalization, enrichment, and quality checks that reduce false positives and increase signal fidelity.
- Partner cross-functionally with IT, security, and engineering teams to harden identity and access patterns, close logging and forensics gaps, and implement maintainable guardrails that scale with the organization.
- At least an active Top Secret clearance. This is a requirement and candidates will not be considered who do not hold at least a Top Secret clearance. Ideally, you’d have:
- Exposure to threat intelligence platforms and integrating intel into detection and investigation workflows.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex security findings into clear business impact.
- Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional
- Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located.