San Francisco, California, United States Hybrid USD 200,000 – 250,000 / year

Ambience Healthcare is hiring a Threat Detection Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Deploy a detection system across high-risk environments including cloud infrastructure, container platforms, identity providers, endpoint devices, and third-party software services
  • Develop and maintain detection rules tailored to the environment, ensuring reliable and actionable alerts trusted by incident responders
  • Design and implement a complete incident response framework, including response procedures, escalation protocols, data preservation, and post-incident reviews
  • Maintain documented and regularly tested processes that meet both operational efficiency and HIPAA compliance requirements
  • Assess, implement, and integrate detection and response technologies such as SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and native cloud security tools
  • Create custom automation and internal tools to minimize manual effort and accelerate response timelines
  • Apply large language models where they provide measurable improvements in threat detection, analysis, or investigation workflows
  • Identify and respond to security threats specific to clinical AI applications and autonomous agent behaviors, including unusual access patterns, misuse of credentials, data theft, and emerging attack techniques

Benefits

  • Significant equity compensation included as part of total rewards
  • Full health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching up to 3% of base salary
  • Remote-first work environment with headquarters in San Francisco
  • Complete hardware and equipment provided for all employees
  • Paid parental leave policy
  • Company-funded team gatherings, including annual off-sites, team events, regular lunches, and all-hands meetings, with travel and accommodations covered
  • Unlimited flexible time off without a set annual limit
  • Recognized public and company holidays observed annually
  • Mandatory office closure from December 24 to January 1 each year

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Small team; this role is the first dedicated hire for detection and response

Other

  • Emails originating from @ambiencehealthcare.com are authentic and authorized
  • No legitimate communication will ever request app downloads or payment actions
  • Suspicious messages should be reported to LinkedIn and the FBI
Required Skills
AWSKubernetesPythonGoRustCloud Security
About company
Ambience Healthcare
Ambience Healthcare is the leading AI platform for documentation, coding, and clinical workflow, built to reduce administrative burden and protect revenue integrity at the point of care. Trusted by top health systems across North America, Ambience’s platform is live across outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings, supporting more than 100 specialties with real-time, coding-aware documentation.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category security
Posted 3 months ago