Looking for security engineer jobs in San Francisco with visa sponsorship? Thinking Machines Lab is hiring a Detection & Response Engineer based in San Francisco to build detection pipelines, lead incident response, and run threat intelligence for a frontier AI lab.
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Security Engineer Jobs in San Francisco: Overview
| Job Title | Security Engineer, Detection & Response |
| Employer | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Salary | $300,000–$350,000 per year |
| Job Type | Full-time, On-site |
| Experience | Production security incident response experience |
| Visa Sponsorship | Sponsored, not guaranteed for every candidate |
| Closing Date | Not specified in the available job information |
About the Employer
Thinking Machines Lab builds AI systems that extend human will and judgment. The company trains frontier models with Inkling, develops Tinker so people can make models their own, and creates interfaces for human-AI communication.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end incident response including triage, scoping, containment, eradication, recovery, and blameless postmortems
- Design, build, and operate security data pipelines that collect, normalize, enrich, and store telemetry from cloud, Kubernetes, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and application sources
- Author, deploy, and maintain high-fidelity detections across SIEM, endpoint, cloud, and security tooling
- Build and run a threat intelligence practice tracking actors and campaigns relevant to AI labs, then turn intel into hunts, detections, and hardening recommendations
- Proactively hunt for threats and build automation and response tooling that shortens time to detect and respond
- Collaborate with researchers and product teams on AI-specific threats and exercise incident response plans with engineering, research, legal, and leadership
- Participate in an on-call pager rotation for security incidents
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar
- Proficiency in Python or Rust for building data pipelines, detections, and internal tools
- Track record responding to real security incidents in production environments, including leading investigations under pressure
- Hands-on experience building and operating security data pipelines at scale in a SIEM or data lake
- Experience producing and consuming threat intelligence, mapping TTPs to frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, and translating intel into detections and hunts
- Strong understanding of cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Kubernetes, and identity provider telemetry
- Familiarity with host and network forensics
Visa Sponsorship and International Applicants
Thinking Machines Lab sponsors visas. While the company cannot guarantee success for every candidate or role, it states that if an applicant is the right fit, it is committed to working through the visa process together. Relocation support is available as needed. This listing is open to international applicants who meet the technical requirements.
Salary and Benefits
- Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support as needed
- High salary range
- Visa sponsorship available
- AI lab environment
- On-site in San Francisco
- Sponsorship not guaranteed for every candidate
How to Apply
Applications are handled through the company’s Ashby job board. Submit a CV or resume via the online form.
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