Security Engineer at Superhuman

About the role

Responsibilities:
- Own and operate the end-to-end incident response (IR) strategy, including tooling, runbooks and post-incident reviews.
- Design and build automated detection systems, AI-driven alert triage, and scalable security intelligence pipelines.
- Perform detection engineering, threat hunting and develop detection-as-code / hunting-as-code / intelligence-as-code artefacts.
- Research and prototype automation and AI techniques to improve security operations and reduce manual toil.
- Lead investigations, escalate appropriately and collaborate with engineering teams to remediate and harden systems.
- Drive security automation, CI/CD security, and improvements to identity and access management and cloud controls.

Requirements:
- 3+ years' experience in security engineering, incident response or detection & response operations.
- Hands-on experience building detection rules, threat hunting and conducting security investigations.
- Strong scripting or programming skills (Python or Go) and experience with automation/orchestration tooling.
- Familiarity with cloud security architectures, Kubernetes and securing CI/CD pipelines.
- Attacker mindset: ability to model adversaries, prioritize risks and design pragmatic mitigations.
- Good communication and collaboration skills; experience building durable tooling and processes at scale.
- Interest in applying AI/ML safely to security workflows and improving detection lifecycle automation.

Responsibilities

You will own the end-to-end incident response strategy and build automated threat detection systems to scale security operations. Additionally, you will conduct threat hunting and develop AI-powered security solutions to identify and mitigate sophisticated attack campaigns.

Requirements

Candidates must have 3+ years of experience in security engineering with expertise in incident response and detection engineering. Proficiency in Python or Go and knowledge of cloud security architecture are required for this role.

Key skills

• Incident response — in 58 other listings on The Stack
• Detection engineering — in 5 other listings on The Stack
• Threat hunting — in 4 other listings on The Stack
• Threat intelligence — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• Python — in 1095 other listings on The Stack
• Go — in 217 other listings on The Stack
• Cloud security architecture — in 1 other listing on The Stack
• Automation — in 196 other listings on The Stack
• Security tooling
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD security
• Identity and access management
• Security orchestration
• AI/ML security
• Security investigations
• Attacker mindset

On The Stack (as of 2026-10-29)

• Superhuman has 20 other listings on The Stack, 15 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 34 visa-sponsored security engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Superhuman

Is this Security Engineer role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-28 and is listed as active on The Stack. Confirm on Superhuman's application page before applying.

Does Superhuman offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Superhuman's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Kyiv, Ukraine. It is marked hybrid.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Incident response, Detection engineering, Threat hunting, Threat intelligence, Python, Go, Cloud security architecture, Automation, Security tooling, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, Identity and access management, Security orchestration, AI/ML security, Security investigations, Attacker mindset.