Security Engineer, Detection & Response

About the Role

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand. Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence. The Liftoff Security team protects Liftoff's customers, users, and employees. We architect Liftoff's security posture, build the tools and systems that defend it, and partner with engineering teams as they ship new products and features. Our work spans the entire stack — infrastructure, web, mobile, and IT — and we approach security from a software engineering standpoint, scaling our impact through automation and well-designed tools. Now is the time to join! Here's why: Build out our detection and response function. Liftoff has a mature security information and event management platform (SIEM), established detection content, and a working incident response program. Your charter is to take it to the next level — including leading our investment in AI-augmented SOC tooling. High visibility, high impact. Detection and response is a critical capability for Liftoff. Security-conscious engineering culture. Liftoff's engineering org is a willing and capable partner on security work. Hands-on technical work. Stay deep in code, detections, and incidents. Breadth of work. Detection and response is the primary focus, but you'll partner across the security team on cloud, infrastructure, and application security where the work demands it. Large-scale, interesting systems. Liftoff processes millions of requests per second across its demand-side platform (DSP), mobile software development kit

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.