Threat Detection and Response Engineer

Description

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our <u>values</u> (https://www.whatnot.com/careers#principles) and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the <u>fastest growing marketplaces</u> (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/dealbook/whatnot-livestream-shopping-fundraise.html) and were recently named the <u>#1 Best Startup Employer in America</u> (https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/) by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our <u>news</u> (https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/) and <u>engineering blogs</u> (https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering) and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

Role

Apply comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of Incident Response concepts, principles, and technical capabilities

Collaborate across Information Security and business partners to ensure effective, precise, and rapid response

Act as the point of escalation from within the Incident Response team to drive all cyber incidents

Identify new detection opportunities, create playbooks, and support new technology implementations to defend against evolving threats

Maintain awareness and understanding of the current threat landscape. Analyze threat intelligence with the aim to mitigate potential risks

Report the overall health of the SOC via metrics, OKRs, and risk indicators to leadership

Provide Incident Response (IR) support when analysis suspects security incidents to help contain and eradicate threats;

Investigate, document, and report on cyber security issues

Create and continuously improve standard processes, operating procedures, and incident response playbooks

You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

As our next Threat Detection and Response Engineer, you should have a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in security, preferably in a large enterprise environment, plus:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, a related field, or equivalent work experience.

5+ years’ experience in cyber incident response, or a similar cyber field, including experience with security principles, and defense-in-depth techniques

Experience and understanding of security concepts, SOAR(Tines), EDR, NDR and SIEM (Chronicle) technologies

Experience with multiple Cloud Service Providers (AWS, GCP)

Excellent written communication skills with the ability to document, communicate, and report security incidents, as well as the status of the implementation and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls with product and business leaders

Expected to perform on-call duties

Benefits

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
• Care benefits
• Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
• Parental Leave
• Please note: Whatnot will only contact you through official @whatnot.com email addresses. If you see an email impersonating a Whatnot recruiter, please disregard and report it as spam.
• EOE
• Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
• $165K – $260K
• The salary or hourly rate range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary or hourly rate will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary or hourly rate, not benefits or equity.
• Experience: Any (new grads ok)
• Visa: US citizen/visa only