Staff Threat Detection Engineer

In this role, you’ll

• Lead Detection Strategy: Own the end-to-end roadmap for corporate threat detection, mapping coverage against frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Engineeer High-Fidelity Detections: Design and maintain scalable detection logic across SIEM, EDR, and cloud logging platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Conduct Threat Hunting: Plan and execute hypothesis-driven hunting campaigns to uncover novel TTPs and turn findings into durable controls.
• Perform Risk Modeling: Lead threat assessments and design reviews for new technology on-boarding and product design changes.
• Optimize Response: Partner with Incident Response to refine alert quality, automate triage playbooks, and reduce time-to-containment.
• Mentor & Influence: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the DaRE team while influencing product teams to improve visibility and remediate gaps.

We’re looking for candidates who have

• 8+ years of experience in detection engineering, SOC, or incident response at scale.
• Deep expertise in building and tuning detections within SIEM, EDR, and log analytics platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in writing complex detection queries (e.g., KQL, SPL, SQL).
• Demonstrated experience detecting modern attacker TTPs across endpoint, identity, and cloud environments.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash) for automation and enrichment.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional security initiatives with IT and Engineering stakeholders.

Nice to have experience

• Experience leading threat hunting in cloud-first or SaaS-heavy environments.
• Familiarity with securing AI integrations and managing associated security risks.
• Knowledge of blockchain ecosystems and threats specific to the Web3/Crypto space.
• Prior experience in a Staff-level technical leadership or mentorship role.
• Red teaming experience against web technologies
• OSINT and investigations

Technologies we use

• SIEM, EDR, and Log Analytics platforms
• AWS, GCP
• Python, Bash
• KQL, SPL, SQL
• MITRE ATT&CK Framework

AI at Chainalysis

AI is not a feature at Chainalysis - it is a new way of working. One that turns instructions into work done, and helps us move faster than the threats we're built to counter, and we expect our employees to take ownership of the output and ensure quality. As the world's most trusted blockchain analytics platform, Chainalysis sits at a rare intersection of proprietary data, regulatory relationships and crypto expertise that makes it uniquely placed to shape and lead the next era of AI-driven intelligence - and we expect everyone here, regardless of role, to be an active part of it.

AI fluency is tied directly to how we measure performance and how we plan to win. There is no substitute for your own curiosity. We provide the tools, workflows, and space to experiment - but the expectation is that you develop these capabilities yourself, bring ideas, and collaborate across teams to reinvent the way work gets done. We are not using AI to do less. We are using it to do what was never possible before.