The opportunity
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.
What you'll do
Build, hire, and lead a high-performing Detection & Response team that can: scale with Lambda's hypergrowth while maintaining 24/7 operational excellence
Define team processes, culture, and operating rhythms that balance startup: agility with security discipline, creating an environment where senior engineers thrive on automation and novel challenges
Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide constructive feedback, and create clear: career development paths that help security engineers advance their technical and leadership skills
Drive outcomes by managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables: while establishing our blameless post-incident culture focused on systemic improvements rather than individual accountability
Define and implement threat management frameworks that transform reactive: security operations into proactive threat hunting and detection, establishing automation standards that eliminate repetitive work and enable your team to focus on novel challenges
Architect incident response processes, escalation frameworks, and triage: protocols that protect Lambda from impact while scaling with the company’s growth
What they're looking for
- Guide technology choices and evangelize new security tools, including: pioneering AI-powered detection capabilities using our direct access to state-of-the-art LLMs
- Create data-driven insights showing where we are reacting most frequently to: guide investments in preventative controls
- Partner with Product and Platform engineering teams to evolve our detection: and response capabilities as Lambda’s infrastructure grows
- Lead cross-functional collaboration during critical events and establish: executive reporting that translates technical incidents into business impact while driving blameless post-incident reviews to continuously strengthen security posture
