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Security Research Engineer

Artemis · New York City · On-site

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About Artemis

Traditional SIEMs weren’t built for today’s world. Artemis closes that gap with an AI-native Protection Platform designed to dramatically reduce MTTD and MTTR for modern threats. Backed by Theory Ventures.

About the role

We're looking for a Security Research Engineer to drive detection research, threat hunting, and AI-powered security automation. You'll work at the intersection of security expertise and cutting-edge AI—researching data sources, building detections, investigating real incidents, and engaging directly with customers to deliver security value. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your work directly shapes what threats we catch and how we catch them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Hands-on experience in incident response including cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and identity providers (Okta, Entra ID)
  • Strong knowledge of threat actor tactics, techniques, & procedures and demonstrated understanding uncovering threat actor activity in various environments
  • Strong experience with log-based analysis and demonstrated ability to identify malicious activity across a variety of log sources
  • Ability to translate security research into actionable detections or threat hunt investigations
  • Strong communication skills—comfortable explaining technical findings to engineers and customers
  • Experience with detection engineering at scale
More about this role

Artemis is building the future of AI-driven cybersecurity, helping companies defend themselves effectively in an era where AI is fighting AI on the cyber battlefield.

Our platform brings a new approach to the $100B security operations market, building a live model of each customer's environment and using AI agents to detect, investigate, hunt, and respond to threats at machine speed. Just one year after our founding, Artemis is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies of all time, with customers including multiple Fortune 500 companies, Global 2000 enterprises, and AI innovators like Cursor.

We have raised $70M from Felicis, First Round Capital, Theory Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Lockstep VC and Brightmind. We are also backed by some of the most prominent operators in cybersecurity, including the CEO of Crowdstrike, the former CEO and CTO of Splunk, and the founders of Abnormal AI and Demisto.

Artemis's founders have built and scaled security products used by tens of thousands of customers. Shachar Hirshberg (CEO) led Amazon GuardDuty, the world's largest cloud detection product, was an early employee at Demisto, the company that invented the SOAR category, was an...

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