Staff Engineer, Detection and Response

Apollo·United States·Posted 16 October 2026

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The role You’ll lead detection and response (D&R) strategy for Apollo’s Security team, and you’ll deliver it hands-on. You’ll build detection systems, response automations and investigation tools in weeks, not months. You’ll lead our most complex incidents. You’ll also set the standards and architecture that let the team catch and contain real threats without depending on any one person. What you’ll do Strategy and influence - Own D&R strategy and turn it into multi-quarter initiatives tied to Security KRs. Report progress and risks to leadership in business terms. - Work with Engineering, Infrastructure and IT so logging, telemetry and response readiness are planned into their roadmaps early. - Set D&R standards: detections and response as code, review practices, playbook quality, and AI-assisted workflows. - Mentor engineers to own detections and lead incidents, and help raise the hiring bar. Detection engineering and observability - Own detection architecture and the multi-quarter coverage plan: log sources, enrichment, correlation, alert routing, and cost at scale. - Own security observability: telemetry onboarding, signal quality, threat intel inputs and alert…

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