Security Engineer - Detection & Response

About Plaud Inc.

Plaud is building the real-world AI interface for professionals to amplify intelligence, elevate productivity and performance, loved by over 3,000,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud captures, structures, and compounds the intelligence generated in conversations — so humans can think better, decide faster, and execute with clarity.

Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company. With GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.

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Why You Should Join Us

Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think.

• Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $300M revenue run rate achieved in just three years.

• Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction.

• Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion.

• Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success.

• Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development.

• Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Security Engineer to help build our Security Operations, Detection, and Response foundation. You’ll work hands-on across detection engineering, incident response, and our growing Detection-as-Code (DaC) practice — contributing to a function we’re building from the ground up, with support from senior team members as we scale.

What You’ll Do

• Detection Engineering: Author, deploy, and tune detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK. Help implement Detection-as-Code practices and reduce false positives.

• Telemetry & Tooling: Support deployment and management of our core security stack (SIEM, EDR, NTA) and help establish ingestion pipelines across cloud (AWS/GCP), SaaS, and endpoint layers.

• Incident Response: Participate in the IR lifecycle for P1/P2 events, support playbook development, and help drive toward MTTD/MTTR targets. (Incident Commander responsibilities for critical events sit with senior team members initially — you’ll build toward this.)

• AI-Driven SecOps: Use LLMs in daily workflows — alert summarization, draft detection logic, SOAR playbook drafting.

• SOC 2 Type II Support: Contribute to CC7 (Monitoring & Detection) evidence — log retention, alert records — working alongside compliance/GRC rather than owning the audit relationship solo.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years hands-on security engineering experience, with exposure to SIEM, IR, SOAR, or detection engineering.

• Comfortable contributing to infrastructure build-out — tool evaluation, configuration, documentation — in a growing function (you won’t be inheriting a mature program, but you won’t be alone either).

• Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and log source integration.

• Exposure to IR workflows and SLA-driven environments (MTTD/MTTR) — ownership grows with experience.

• Familiarity with SOC 2 concepts is a plus, not required at this level.

• Comfortable using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) in daily security workflows

What we offer

• Meaningful Ownership An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that gives a real stake in Plaud’s long-term success.

• High-Impact Environment Work in a fast-moving, product-driven environment where your ideas directly shape the future of AI productivity.

• Cutting-Edge AI Tools for Productivity Access to best-in-class AI tools, including Gemini, Claude Code, and other frontier AI systems to maximize engineering and execution efficiency.

• Best-in-Class Equipment Choice of top-spec laptops, high-performance workstation setups, and cutting-edge Plaud devices for all new hires.

• Team & Culture Annual company offsites, team events, and a culture that values craftsmanship, ownership, and velocity.

• Medical & Insurance Coverage Comprehensive benefits to protect our employees' financial security, physical health, and longterm growth. Medical insurance and WICA coverage for all full-time employees.

Disclaimer: Plaud is and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.