Lambda · 4 months ago
Senior Manager - Security Incident Detection and Response
San Francisco Office
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$360K/yr - $540K/yr
10+ years expLambda is a company focused on helping the smartest minds build Superintelligence through their advanced infrastructure. The Senior Manager - Security Incident Detection and Response will lead the Detection & Response team, transforming security operations into a proactive threat management engine while ensuring the safety of invaluable digital assets and maintaining customer trust. This role involves building and managing a high-performing team, implementing threat management frameworks, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance detection and response capabilities.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingData CenterGPUMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Build, hire, and lead a high-performing Detection & Response team that can scale with Lambda's hypergrowth while maintaining 24/7 operational excellence
Define team processes, culture, and operating rhythms that balance startup agility with security discipline, creating an environment where senior engineers thrive on automation and novel challenges
Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide constructive feedback, and create clear career development paths that help security engineers advance their technical and leadership skills
Drive outcomes by managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while establishing our blameless post-incident culture focused on systemic improvements rather than individual accountability
Define and implement threat management frameworks that transform reactive security operations into proactive threat hunting and detection, establishing automation standards that eliminate repetitive work and enable your team to focus on novel challenges
Architect incident response processes and escalation frameworks that protect Lambda from impact while scaling with the company’s growth
Guide technology choices and evangelize new security tools, including pioneering AI-powered detection capabilities using our direct access to state-of-the-art LLMs
Create data-driven insights showing where we are reacting most frequently to guide investments in preventative controls
Partner with Product and Platform engineering teams to evolve our detection and response capabilities as Lambda’s infrastructure grows
Establish executive reporting that translates technical incidents into business impact while maintaining a blameless culture focused on systemic improvements
Drive weekly operations reviews that ensure nothing falls through the cracks while building institutional knowledge and defining repeatable processes from every incident
Define sustainable on-call rotations and operational procedures that maintain 24/7 coverage without burning out senior engineers
Establish the team's 6-month strategic roadmap for comprehensive D&R capabilities while defining success criteria and measurable outcomes
Qualification
Required
10+ years of security experience with 5+ years leading technical teams, demonstrating ability to build and manage independently
Proven ability to define and build security programs from the ground up that accelerate business initiatives, with demonstrated experience establishing team processes, technical frameworks, and cross-functional partnerships
Excellence at building automation-first security programs where technology eliminates toil and teams never do the same thing twice
Clear understanding of the unique requirements of securing a cloud infrastructure provider
Proven ability to create sustainable team cultures where senior engineers thrive long-term rather than burning out on repetitive tasks
Strong judgment in security response, understanding real business impact and calibrating actions proportionally
Track record of translating technical security work into executive communications and business-aligned metrics
Thrives in high-ambiguity environments where you must build structure while executing at startup pace
Preferred
Excitement about leveraging our direct access to state-of-the-art LLMs to revolutionize security operations—imagine AI-powered threat hunting, automated security report generation, and intelligent vulnerability prioritization at a scale only possible when you host the AI infrastructure yourself
Experience building D&R programs at AI/ML companies
Track record using AI/ML for security operations automation (yes, we know it's all brand new)
Background scaling security during hypergrowth (10x growth phases)
Deep technical background allowing hands-on contribution when needed
Experience with both build and buy decisions for security tooling
Experience driving or providing significant evidence for compliance audits, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, or FedRAMP
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and Commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use
Company
Lambda
Lambda is a cloud-based platform that provides high-performance GPU hardware and cloud infrastructure for AI model training and inference.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.19BKey Investors
TWG GlobalJP MorganMacquarie Group
2025-11-18Series E· $1.5B
2025-08-19Debt Financing· $275M
2025-02-19Series D· $480M
Leadership Team
Stephen Balaban
Co-founder, CEO
Michael Balaban
Co-Founder / CTO
Recent News
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