Lead incident response and security measures for a fast-growing AI company focused on enterprise marketing.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
What you'll build
- Lead the end-to-end response to security incidents
- Investigate alerts and suspicious activity
- Build and maintain incident response playbooks
- Automate detection and response workflows
- Run tabletop exercises
Must have
- 10+ years of experience in incident response
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Hands-on experience with cloud security
- Strong understanding of attacker techniques
- Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash
Nice to have
- Background securing AI or generative AI systems
- Industry certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, or CISSP
Practical constraints
- Hybrid role based in Palo Alto, CA
- Collaborate in-office 3 days a week
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Staff Detection & Response Engineer at Typeface is responsible for managing the entire lifecycle of security incidents, from detection to recovery, ensuring the protection of brands and data on the platform. This role requires extensive experience in incident response, cloud security, and automation, along with proficiency in scripting and familiarity with security frameworks. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in security operations, particularly in B2B or enterprise SaaS environments, and should be comfortable leading teams under pressure. Typeface, a rapidly growing AI company, emphasizes a collaborative and security-first culture.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 21, 2026. Last confirmed on Typeface's careers page October 21, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 48% of 48 comparable staff security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $210,000 across 28 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 45.6% of 125 comparable staff security roles in United States; EDR appears in 1.6% of 125 comparable staff security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Detection & Response Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Typeface expects some on-site time in Palo Alto, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Typeface lists $210,000–$240,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Detection & Response Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Typeface is hiring for this position in Palo Alto, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, EDR, GCP, PowerShell, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Typeface targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Detection & Response Engineer role at Typeface.
From the original posting
About Typeface
We help the world’s biggest brands move from brief to fully personalized campaigns — in days, not months.
What You’ll Do
We’re looking for a Staff Detection & Response Engineer to help lead how we detect, respond to, and recover from security incidents across our platform. You’ll own the end-to-end incident lifecycle — from first alert to root cause and lasting fix — so the enterprise marketers who rely on Typeface can trust that their brands, content, and data are protected.
This is your chance to shape how a fast-growing AI company keeps its platform secure — not just by responding to threats, but by building the systems, playbooks, and automation that make every response faster and smarter.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Lead the end-to-end response to security incidents – from detection and triage to containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review
- Investigate alerts and suspicious activity across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, identity systems, and SaaS applications
- Build and maintain incident response playbooks, runbooks, and escalation paths that keep teams aligned under pressure
- Perform log analysis, digital forensics, and threat hunting to uncover root causes and emerging risks
- Automate detection and response workflows to reduce time-to-detect and time-to-resolve
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, IT, Legal and Customer teams to coordinate response and communicate clearly with stakeholders
- Run tabletop exercises and drive continuous improvement of our security posture and readiness
- Mentor and support teammates, helping to shape a strong, blameless, security-first culture
What You Bring:
- 10+ years of experience in incident response, security operations, or digital forensics, with a strong track record of leading investigations end to end
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on experience with cloud security in AWS, Azure, or GCP, and with SIEM, EDR, and SOAR tools
- Strong understanding of attacker techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and NIST incident handling
- Scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to automate investigation and response tasks
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to stay calm, thrive independently and lead in collaborative teams
- Experience supporting B2B or enterprise SaaS products
- Bonus: Background securing AI or generative AI systems
- Bonus: Industry certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, or CISSP
Location
This is a hybrid role based in Palo Alto, CA. We collaborate in-office 3 days a week.
Base Salary
The range for this role is $210,000-$240,000 plus equity. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process.
Benefits
Why You’ll Love Working Here
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