Overview
Senior Threat Detection and Response Engineer Jobs in Boston, USA at CarGurus LLC
Role overview
Car Gurus is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our growing Threat Detection and Response (TD&R) Team. This hands‑on technical role focuses on building the first line of defense against cybersecurity threats in a complex and evolving landscape. You will manage the detection and response lifecycle, identify and prevent threats from impacting employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and provide technical leadership to the team.
What
you’ll do
- Build a platform to detect threats to the company using an engineering‑first approach that prioritizes reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
- Leverage AI and automation to streamline detection and response operations safely and reliably.
- Onboard, normalize, and optimize security logging data to support detection engineering, applied ML models, and efficient querying during incidents.
- Develop high‑fidelity, rule‑based and ML‑driven detections as code, with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines for deployment.
- Own the end‑to‑end response to alerts, threats, and security incidents, including on‑call rotations.
- Proactively monitor the threat landscape to identify and track emerging threats, ensuring that appropriate detective and preventative controls are deployed.
- Partner with development teams to design controls for a cloud‑first infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, etc.).
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of experience in software, security, and/or data engineering.
- Strong desire to apply the latest technology, including AI and ML, to defend against threats.
- Experience with data pipelines and data engineering, especially centralized logging, SIEM tools, and data lakes.
- Desire to measure the success of your work with quantitative tools like precision and recall.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or a similar language.
- Proven experience with cloud infrastructure and technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, containers, IaC, etc.
- Proven experience with good engineering practices such as Git/Git Hub and CI/CD automations.
- Familiarity with tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors.
- Experience detecting and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
- Strong passion for continuous learning, especially in cybersecurity and technology.
- Team player with strong oral and written communication skills.
- Effective ability to make decisions independently and provide clear technical guidance to others.
Salary
$118,000 – $148,000 USD
Benefits
We reward our Gurus with best‑in‑class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees. A flexible hybrid model and robust time‑off policies encourage work‑life balance, while perks such as daily free lunch, a car discount, meditation and fitness apps, and commuting cost coverage support well‑being.
We welcome all
Car Gurus strives to be a place where people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We encourage applicants who may not check every box to apply. If you require accommodations due to a disability, let us know and we will provide the needed support.
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Title: Senior Threat Detection and Response Engineer
Company: CarGurus LLC
Location: Boston, USA
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