Staff Engineer, Detection and Response

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Apollo.io
Full time
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USA
10/17/2026
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Responsibilities

Own Apollo’s detection and response strategy and translate it into multi-quarter initiatives tied to Security KRs.
Set detection and response standards, architecture, review practices, playbook quality, and AI-assisted workflows.
Design detection architecture, security observability, telemetry onboarding, threat intelligence inputs, alert routing, and coverage plans.
Build and maintain MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detections, threat hunts, response automations, and investigation tools using Panther and Python.
Run detection lifecycle processes including prioritization, unit testing, historical replay, attack simulation, alert tuning, and coverage reviews.
Own and improve the incident response plan, including severity models, escalation, communications, on-call processes, and playbooks.
Lead high-severity incidents as a senior technical lead or incident commander across cloud, SaaS, and corporate environments.
Mentor engineers, coordinate with Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, Legal, Fraud, and leadership, and help raise the hiring bar.
Use AI and agents for triage, enrichment, investigation, and response with appropriate guardrails and human oversight.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in detection and response, detection engineering, security engineering, or incident response.
Track record of leading detection and response strategy or multi-quarter initiatives with measurable results.
Hands-on experience designing detection architecture and shipping detection systems on a modern SIEM; Panther experience is highly valued.
Strong Python, Git, CI/CD, and detection-as-code skills.
Experience leading high-severity incidents in cloud and SaaS environments and improving incident response processes.
Cloud and SaaS expertise, ideally including GCP, and familiarity with Google Workspace, Okta, GitHub, Slack, Atlassian, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Kandji, and Snowflake.
Experience with AI-assisted triage, investigation, or response in production is valued.
Public security work or certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, or GCED are valued.
Strong judgment with incomplete information and the ability to influence technical and non-technical leaders without formal authority.

Benefits

Potential equity, company bonus, 401(k), at least 10 paid holidays annually, flexible PTO, parental leave, employee assistance and wellbeing benefits, global travel coverage, insurance, and FSA/HSA plus medical, dental, and vision benefits.
The listed pay range is $225,400—$281,800 USD in total cash compensation, inclusive of annual base salary and annual bonus as applicable.
Applicants outside the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Apollo.io

Apollo.io is the AI-powered end-to-end go-to-market platform that empowers sales, marketing, and revenue teams to find prospects, engage customers, and close deals with intelligence and efficiency. Trusted by millions of users and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide, Apollo uniquely comb...

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