Detection Engineer
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About Upstart
Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstarts AI marketplace Upstartpowered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races ages and genders while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digitalfirst lending experience their customers demand. More than 80 of borrowers are approved instantly with zero documentation to upload.
Upstart is a digitalfirst company which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However we also have offices in San Mateo California; Columbus Ohio; and Austin Texas.
Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart wed love to hear from you!
The Team:
Upstarts Security Operations team is passionate in bringing progressive approaches in securing our products. We believe that security should empower innovation move at the speed of business and have safety by design as core principles. Our teams mission is to ensure the safety of our core product platforms enterprise and manage threats to Upstart. We approach our efforts through automation strong collaboration with our partner teams and maintaining a positive experience for Upstarters.
As a Detection Engineer at Upstart you will design security alerts and automated response playbooks for resolving those alerts. Youll share in the teams responsibility for monitoring and actively defending our corporate and product infrastructure. Youll be a key piece of our Incident Response process on the front lines of keeping Upstart safe.
How youll make an impact:
- Design and build alerts and automated response playbooks to resolve those alerts
- Work closely with system owners to ingest new log feeds for security monitoring
- Build automated testing to verify the detection methods continue to work
- Develop integrations between the SOAR tool and APIs
- Be on the frontlines of Incident Response actively investigating issues and protecting Upstart
Minimum Qualifications
- 1 years in a Detection Engineering or Incident Response role
- Assume breach mindset chasing down all threads to completion
- Strong Logfu (ability to build robust log search queries)
- Intermediate proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably Python)
- Strong git (rebasing doesnt scare you!
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Experience & Infra as Code management of resources
- OSX Endpoint Investigation Experience
- Internal Application Development Experience
- SaaS Application security experience
- Experience in a highsecurity environment
- Experience with managing Threat Intelligence
Position Location This role is available in the following locations: Remote San Mateo Columbus Austin
Time Zone Requirements This team operates across all U.S. time zones.
Travel Requirements This team has regular onsite collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
What youll love:
- Competitive Compensation (base bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
- 401(k) with 100 company match up to $4500 and immediate vesting and aftertax savings
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life and disability insurance
- Generous holiday vacation sick and safety leave
- Supportive parental family care and military leave programs
- Annual wellness technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
- Social activities including team events and onsites allcompany updates employee resource groups (ERGs) and other interest groups such as book clubs fitness investing and volunteering
- Catered lunches snacks & drinks when working in offices
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At Upstart your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic locationwith our digital first philosophy Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition Upstart provides employees with target bonuses equity compensation and generous benefits packages (including medical dental vision and 401k).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures backgrounds perspectives and experiences and know that we can only become better together.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please email
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