# Head of Security Research at Dropzone

- Company: Dropzone
- What the company does: AI agents that investigate every alert, hunt attackers, and respond to emerging threats at machine scale. Customer guided, software executed. Backed by Madrona.
- Company website: https://www.dropzone.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote - US
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dropzoneai/jobs/4257269009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/dropzone-head-of-security-research/

## About the role

We’re hiring a Head of Security Research to lead a team of expert security engineers and practitioners to reimagine key cyber defense functions like threat intelligence, hunting, detection engineering, and alert investigation in the Agentic AI era.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in detection and response with strong experience in security engineering, threat hunting, SOC, or incident response
- 3+ years experience managing a team of security engineers, threat hunters, SOC analysts, etc
- Background in building and running SOC functions, detection programs, or security research teams
- Proven experience leading high-performing technical teams while staying hands-on
- Able to mentor across multiple domains (detections, intel, IR) without being siloed
- Opinionated about what world-class looks like in threat intelligence, hunting, detection engineering, SOC, and IR

Tags: Engineering