[Hiring] Senior Security Engineer @Weekday AI

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer with strong expertise in security automation, cybersecurity engineering, and AI-driven workflows. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain scalable security automation solutions that streamline Security Operations Center (SOC) workflows, improve incident response, and enhance operational efficiency.

• Build reusable security automation components, integrations, connectors, and playbooks that work across security platforms, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence solutions.
• Explore the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) into security automation to enable intelligent decision-making and more effective security operations.
• Requires strong programming skills, a solid understanding of the cybersecurity ecosystem, and the ability to transform customer use cases and proof-of-concepts into reliable, production-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in security engineering, security automation, cybersecurity software development, or a related technical field.
• Strong hands-on programming experience in Python or JavaScript.
• Experience developing security automation solutions, integrations, or SOC playbooks.
• Practical understanding of security platforms such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence tools.
• Ability to transform customer requirements and technical concepts into production-grade automation solutions.
• Understanding of AI/LLM concepts and their application to security workflows.
• Strong ownership, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, product-focused engineering environment.

Requirements

• Security Automation Development
• Design, develop, and maintain reusable security automation components, connectors, integrations, and playbooks.
• Build scalable automation solutions to streamline SOC workflows, incident response, threat investigation, and other security operations.
• Translate customer requirements, real-world use cases, and proof-of-concepts into production-ready security automation content.
• Develop modular, reliable, and maintainable automation frameworks that can be deployed across diverse customer environments.
• Optimise automation workflows for performance, scalability, reliability, and ease of deployment.
• Security Platform Integration
• Build integrations with SIEM, SOAR, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), vulnerability management, and threat intelligence platforms.
• Develop connectors that enable seamless communication and data exchange between security tools.
• Automate repetitive security tasks, alert enrichment, incident triage, investigation, and response workflows.
• Ensure integrations are robust, efficient, and compatible with different security environments.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and continuously improve the reliability of automation components.
• AI and LLM-Powered Security Automation
• Integrate AI and LLM capabilities into security automation workflows to support intelligent analysis and decision-making.
• Explore agentic workflows, AI-powered investigation, and automated response capabilities for security operations.
• Develop automation frameworks that combine traditional rule-based workflows with AI-driven reasoning where appropriate.
• Evaluate AI-enabled approaches for improving alert analysis, threat investigation, and operational efficiency.
• Apply suitable validation and safeguards to ensure AI-powered workflows are reliable and secure.
• Production Engineering and Content Management
• Maintain and continuously enhance the security automation content library used by customers globally.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, documentation, version control, and performance optimisation.
• Ensure automation components are reusable, scalable, maintainable, and production-ready.
• Identify opportunities to improve deployment speed, operational consistency, and the overall usability of security solutions.
• Diagnose technical issues and implement long-term solutions to prevent recurring problems.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Collaborate with Sales Engineering, Professional Services, and Product teams to understand customer requirements and improve solution delivery.
• Support technical proof-of-concepts and help convert customer-specific requirements into reusable automation capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders to troubleshoot deployment challenges and enhance the customer experience.
• Incorporate customer feedback into automation development and product improvements.
• Contribute technical insights and recommendations to strengthen security automation capabilities.

Benefits

• Salary range: Rs 1200000 - Rs 4500000 (ie INR 12 - 45 LPA)
• Location: Remote (India)
• Job Type: Full-time