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Security engineer, detection and response

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Security engineer, detection and response in UK new

  • London

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement detections for AI-specific threats across distributed infrastructure.
  • Build automated response playbooks and orchestration workflows to contain and remediate threats.
  • Lead security incident response, forensic investigations, and incident communications across multiple teams.
  • Proactively hunt for threats across GPU clusters and distributed training infrastructure.
  • Build detection-as-code frameworks, onboard telemetry, and create dashboards for model security, GPU utilization, and sensitive-data access.
  • Translate threat research into production detections and support security guardrails across AI, cloud, and software engineering teams.
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for critical AI security incidents.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of experience in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response, with a record of stopping sophisticated production attacks.
  • 3+ years of experience securing AI/ML infrastructure, high-performance computing environments, or distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, KQL, SPL, or similar languages for detection logic and response automation.
  • Experience with SIEM platforms, detection technologies, forensic investigations, novel attack techniques, and complex distributed environments.
  • Experience securing high-value intellectual property, automating incident response, and conducting proactive threat hunting.
  • Ability to collaborate across security, infrastructure, and AI research teams with strong ownership and execution.
  • Alignment with WRITER’s values of connecting teams, challenging assumptions, and owning AI platform protection.

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off and company holidays for UK full-time employees.
  • Comprehensive medical and dental insurance.
  • Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
  • Fertility and family planning support.
  • Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri.
  • Competitive pension scheme and company contribution.
  • Wellness, learning and development, and work-life stipends.
  • Company-wide and team off-sites.
  • Company stock options.
  • UK full-time employee position with a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Salary: Competitive

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