Threat Detection & Response Engineer, AI-Era Detection & Response

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.
 
At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.
 
AI Fearlessly.

Our Security Research & Development group sits at the frontier of AI-era cyber defense. We study how attackers are beginning to weaponize artificial intelligence, how AI is reshaping detection and response, and what durable capabilities defenders will need over the next several years. We are not a day-to-day operations team. Our charter is to research, prototype, and design the core capabilities that will anchor our platform and our customers' defenses for the next generation.

We are seeking a Threat Detection & Response Engineer to help research AI-era threats and defensive technologies and to build the detection-and-response capabilities that strengthen our platform. This is a mid-level individual-contributor role that combines threat research with hands-on engineering.

Working closely with senior architects and researchers, you will investigate emerging threats, build and test prototypes, and help turn promising research into production-ready capabilities. You will collaborate across threat intelligence, detection engineering, and AI/ML teams to translate findings into practical detection and response improvements. This role is an excellent path for an engineer looking to grow toward senior and principal-level threat architecture.

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• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3+ years in cybersecurity, software engineering, or a related technical field, with exposure to threat detection and response.

• Experience building or contributing to technical systems that reached production.

• Familiarity with security tooling and operational workflows, and an interest in how they integrate.

• Basic familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their application to threat detection, and awareness of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python).

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Master's degree in computer science, machine learning, or a security-related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Exposure to AI/ML security concepts, such as adversarial ML or defending against AI-enabled attacks (e.g., awareness of the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs).

• Hands-on experience with detection-and-response tooling (EDR / XDR, SIEM, or SOAR).

• Experience working with data-processing systems or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• A relevant security certification (e.g., Security+, GCIH, OSCP) or equivalent demonstrated skill.

• Experience collaborating in a research, R&D, or emerging-technologies function.

This position does not offer sponsorship for work permit applications or renewals, either now or in the future. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, both currently and moving forward. The company will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this role (including, but not limited to, H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa).

At Trend Micro, we embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation in a connected world. Our diversity and multicultural workforce are key contributing factors to our success across the globe. Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Trend Micro does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. 

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