Security Engineer, Detection and Response

🕒 May 12

🏢🏡 San Francisco – Hybrid

💵 $200k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Writer

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51 - 200 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise • SaaS

Writer is a company focused on building generative AI applications for enterprises. Its platform integrates tools like Palmyra LLMs and Knowledge Graph to enhance data accuracy and workflow efficiency. Writer allows businesses to rapidly deploy custom AI solutions, support various industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail, while maintaining strict compliance with security standards. Its offerings enable both no-code app development for business users and API access for developers, making AI accessible and effective for business needs.

📋 Description

• Design and implement detection strategies that identify AI-specific threats including prompt injection, model extraction, data poisoning, adversarial examples, and unauthorized access to training datasets or model weights across our distributed infrastructure • Build automated response playbooks and orchestration workflows that contain threats without human intervention, creating self-healing security systems that reduce mean time to response from hours to minutes while automatically remediating compromised inference endpoints • Lead security incident response coordination across all teams (Cloud, AppSec, Enterprise, AI Security) when AI infrastructure or models are compromised, conducting forensic investigations on training pipeline attacks and model manipulation attempts while drafting clear incident communications for engineering and executive leadership • Hunt proactively for sophisticated threats across GPU clusters and training infrastructure by analyzing model outputs for signs of compromise, reproducing AI-specific vulnerabilities from security research, and identifying visibility gaps in distributed training environments before adversaries exploit them • Build detection-as-code frameworks with version control and automated deployment, onboard telemetry from AI training infrastructure and inference endpoints, and create dashboards that track model security metrics, GPU utilization patterns, and access to sensitive research data • Collaborate cross-functionally as the operational security partner for all teams – translating AI Security's threat research into production detections, monitoring Cloud Infrastructure's GPU clusters for threats, detecting customer-impacting incidents for Software Security Engineering, and enabling responsible AI development through security guardrails • Maintain 24/7 on-call rotation for critical AI security incidents, responding to real-time threats targeting our platform while continuously improving detection coverage and automation capabilities as our AI systems evolve

🎯 Requirements

• 3-5+ years in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response with a proven track record of identifying and stopping sophisticated attacks in production environments, specifically securing AI/ML infrastructure, high-performance computing environments, or other distributed systems at scale • Strong programming skills in Python, KQL, SPL, or similar languages that allow you to build custom detection logic, automate response workflows, and create tools that operationalize security at scale across cloud-native and distributed computing environments • Experience with SIEM platforms, detection technologies, and forensic investigation techniques with demonstrated ability to build detection for novel attack techniques that don't have established patterns yet and to conduct forensics in complex distributed environments • Self-directed execution mindset with a track record of securing high-value intellectual property, automating incident response in complex environments, and identifying critical security gaps through proactive threat hunting before they become incidents • Deep alignment with WRITER's values – you naturally Connect across security, infrastructure, and AI research teams to build comprehensive defenses, you Challenge assumptions about what's possible in AI security engineering, and you Own the protection of our AI platform with unwavering accountability and a commitment to staying ahead of evolving threats

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family • Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks) • Fertility and family planning support • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri • Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options • Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution • Annual work-life stipends for: • - Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc. • - Learning and development stipend • Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites • Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k