Plaid helps all companies build fintech solutions by making it easy, safe and reliable for people to connect their financial data to apps and services. Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
About the role
Form and set up Plaid’s Detection and Response team from scratch, defining its culture and operational standards. Lead the day-to-day operations for incident response and evaluate the overall effectiveness of the detection and response program. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 8-14 years of overall detection and response or security engineering experience
- Strong technical background in security or detection engineering, with the ability to guide work on SIEMs, EDR, and SOC operations
- Experience managing a team of security analysts and engineers in an operational, platform, or infrastructure context
- Ability to build cross-functional relationships and drive security maturity through influence rather than authority
- High-empathy communication skills with the ability to represent technical work to Staff-level leadership
- Strong AI-first skillset applicable to security operations
More about this role
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.
We are hiring for a leader for the newly forming Detection and Response team at Plaid. Our mission is to protect Plaid's financial infrastructure by detecting and responding to suspicious activity across the company. We are responsible for the entire lifecycle of detection and response, including detection infrastructure, AI triage and response, investigation tooling, Red Teaming, and Fraud...
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