# Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response Platform at Anthropic

- Company: Anthropic (anthropic.com)
- Location: New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DC
- Places: New York, Seattle, San Francisco
- Posted: 2025-03-24
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/4595463008
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/security-software-engineer-detection-response-platform-anthropic-kn745x4c4f2q8sz6v26qdejr698hdq0p

## The posting

Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response Platform
Anthropic · New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DC

## **About Anthropic**

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

## About the role

We're seeking an exceptional engineer to join Anthropic's Detection Platform team to build and scale our next-generation security analytics infrastructure. In this role, you'll architect and implement data pipelines that process massive amounts of security telemetry, develop ML-powered detection systems, and create innovative solutions that leverage Claude to transform security operations.

## Responsibilities:

- Build AI-powered platform responsible for all aspects of D&R capabilities from detection development to incident response
- Design and implement scalable data pipelines for ingesting and processing security telemetry across our rapidly growing infrastructure
- Architect solutions for storing and efficiently querying large volumes of security-relevant data
- Create rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts for new security tooling and analytics capabilities
- Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring and growth of the Security team
- Participate in on-call shifts

## You may be a good fit if you:

- 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security, infrastructure and/or data pipelines
- Track record of building and maintaining internal developer tools or security platforms
- Strong understanding of data processing pipelines and experience working with large-scale logging systems
- Experience with:
 - Test-driven software development and/or CI/CD (plus for direct experience with Detection-as-code workflows)
 - Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
 - Query optimization for large datasets
- Experience with building stable and scalable services on cloud infrastructure and serverless architectures
- Ability to write maintainable and secure code in Python
- Experience working with security teams and translating requirements into technical solutions
- Ability to lead technical projects with minimal guidance
- Track record of driving engineering excellence through high standards, constructive code reviews, and mentorship
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives and navigate complex organizational dynamics
- Outstanding communication skills, translating technical concepts effectively across all organizational levels
- Demonstrated success in bringing clarity and ownership to ambiguous technical problems
- Strong systems thinking with ability to identify and mitigate risks in complex environments

## Strong candidates may also have experience with:

- Experience building security tooling from the ground up
- Background in implementing security monitoring solutions (SIEM, log aggregation, EDR)
- Background in detection engineering or security operations
- Experience with:
 - SOAR platform/automation development
 - Data lake / Database architecture
 - API design and internal platform creation
- Track record of applying ML/AI to security problems
- Experien