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As a Security Engineer on Detection & Response, you’ll help protect OpenAI’s most sensitive assets– including our intellectual property, customer data, and the infrastructure that supports them– by building and operating the systems we use to detect suspicious activity and respond effectively when it matters. You’ll work across endpoints, identity, cloud, hyperscale compute infrastructure, and datacenter-adjacent layers, partnering closely with security teams and infrastructure owners to define the telemetry and response requirements we need and building tooling and automation where it delivers the most leverage.
Job Responsibility:
Build and evolve Detection & Response capabilities across OpenAI’s infrastructure, products, and research environments
Engineer detection pipelines and tooling: develop rule lifecycle management, measurement/quality loops, tuning processes, and safe rollout patterns
Automate response and investigations by building workflows that reduce toil
Partner with other Security teams and system/infrastructure owners across the company to ensure new systems ship with the right telemetry, threat models, and response playbooks
Define D&R requirements and drive visibility across endpoints, identity, SaaS, cloud, Kubernetes
Evaluate and respond to emergent security concerns in a frontier AI lab environment
Requirements:
Have hands-on threat detection and/or incident response experience, including building detections, running investigations, and improving operational playbooks
Understand modern adversary tradecraft (TTPs) and can translate it into practical detection strategies and response actions
Bring a threat modeling mindset
Have experience working in Kubernetes/containerized environments
Are comfortable reasoning about lower-level infrastructure and datacenter risks
Have experience across major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI)
Like building automation that replaces repetitive D&R work
Are energized by new problem areas at a forward-leaning technology company
Communicate clearly and collaborate well across teams
Are comfortable with scripting and enjoy using AI/agent tooling to accelerate investigations and automation
What we offer:
Offers Equity
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends