Detection & Threat Engineer
Checkout.comPayments company
London, United KingdomSenior
Software Engineering
About the role
Design and implement high-fidelity threat detections and lead proactive threat hunting.
- •Own and evolve Checkout.com's threat detection and threat-hunting capability, engineering high-fidelity detections and raising the organisation's security baseline.
- •Key Responsibilities Engineer detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS Define detection standards and quality thresholds for Security Operations Conduct proactive threat hunting based on attacker behaviour Translate threat intelligence into reusable detections and map to MITRE ATT&CK Support high-severity incidents and contribute to runbooks Requirements Proven experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, or advanced SOC roles Deep understanding of attacker tradecraft across the attack lifecycle Hands-on experience building detection logic in modern SIEMs (e.g.
- •Sentinel) Proficiency with scripting/programming for detection pipelines and automation Hands-on cloud detection experience (identity, control plane, SaaS)
Tech stack
Python
Match insights
Tech:Python
Level:Senior
Location:London, United Kingdom