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Headway

Security Engineer – Detection & Response

Headway

. Build and refine detections, logging and telemetry coverage, and security tooling .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesJunior💰 $182,750 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in security response, automation, and incident management, with strong capabilities in scripting and cloud infrastructure. Proficient in building and refining security tooling and processes while fostering collaboration across technical and non-technical teams.

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Security ResponseAutomationPython 3AWS InfrastructureIncident Management

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Hard Skills
ScriptingSecurity AutomationThreat HuntingDetectionLoggingIncident ResponseThreat ModelingObservabilityRisk-Based DetectionsAlert Pipeline
Soft Skills
Cross-Functional CollaborationMentoringAutonomy
Tools & Technologies
AWS FargateAWS ECSAWS S3PostgreSQLSnowflakeDatadogPagerDutyGitHubAnthropicWiz
Industry Keywords
SIEMETLSecurity ToolingDetection-as-CodeInfrastructure-as-CodeRegulated EnvironmentSecurity Education

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudETLPostgresPythonSnowflakeTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and refine detections, logging and telemetry coverage, and security tooling
  • Refine SIEM/ETL pipelines for real-time visibility into anomalous and malicious activity
  • Run incident response activities, threat hunting, and threat modeling
  • Improve incident-response processes and documentation
  • Implement appropriate security automation and AI tooling
  • Triage security alerts and distinguish signal from noise
  • Participate in the security on-call rotation
  • Author runbooks and document detections, logging capabilities, response processes, and threat intelligence
  • Contribute to security education and partnership across engineering
  • Mentor peers

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 1–2+ years of dedicated experience with responsibilities related to security response and automation OR a security-adjacent engineering background
  • 4–5+ years in DevOps, IT, software engineering, or similar, with concrete security responsibilities or overlap
  • Comfortable scripting/coding to build and automate tooling
  • Experience with logging, detection, or observability platforms in a cloud or distributed environment
  • Sound judgment regarding AI and automation
  • Ability to work with high autonomy in an async environment
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration with technical and non-technical teams
  • Motivation by Headway’s mission
  • Python 3 and TypeScript
  • AWS infrastructure, including Fargate, ECS, and S3
  • PostgreSQL and Snowflake
  • Datadog and PagerDuty
  • GitHub
  • Security tooling including Anthropic, Wiz, Semgrep, and Tines
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer
  • Optional: regulated-environment experience, automation/SOAR tooling, Detection-as-Code or Infrastructure-as-Code, risk-based detections, threat modeling, or alert-pipeline experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • HSA/FSA
  • 401(k), including match for 2027
  • Carrot Fertility reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid medical leave
  • Paid caregiver leave
  • Equity
  • Health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement savings
  • Meaningful ownership opportunities through equity