Staff Security Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Threat Detection and Response (TDR) EMEA team as a Senior Engineer. You will play a key role in defining and executing the vision for threat detection and incident response capabilities. Lead complex security investigations, develop scalable tools, and mentor team members. Resolve critical incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and implement preventive measures. Design and optimize advanced threat detection systems. Define and drive strategy for threat detection and incident response, aligning with organizational security objectives. Coordinate with cross-functional teams during large-scale incidents and foster a culture of security awareness. This is a remote-friendly position based in Germany, Ireland, or the United Kingdom.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on technical experience in security engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, network engineering, or privacy engineering
• 8+ years of experience in incident response including host and cloud forensics, incident management, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or security detection
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
• Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical situations with expediency
• Outstanding organisational, prioritisation, and multitasking skills
• Experience automating security detection and response

Responsibilities

• Lead complex security investigations
• Develop scalable tools
• Mentor team members in forensic analysis and incident response
• Resolve critical incidents as an escalation point
• Conduct root cause analyses
• Implement preventive measures in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Design and optimize advanced threat detection systems using insights from incident response and global intelligence
• Promote best practices across the organization
• Define and drive strategy for threat detection and incident response, aligning with organizational security objectives and influencing security architecture
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams during large-scale incidents
• Represent security in executive discussions
• Foster a culture of security awareness and improvement

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Python, AWS, SQL

Benefits

This is a remote-friendly position