Provide senior technical leadership across Security Operations, focusing on detection engineering, security research, SOC automation, threat hunting and fraud monitoring platform development
Develop and maintain security detections across the technology stack
Execute hypothesis-driven threat hunts and translate attacker TTPs into practical detections
Map capabilities to MITRE ATT&CK; and identify coverage gaps
Lead development of the fraud and abuse monitoring platform
Design analytics, detection logic and integrations to identify abuse patterns within business applications
Design and develop SOC automation
Build automated enrichment, investigation and response workflows using SOAR playbooks
Conduct independent research into emerging threats, vulnerabilities and attack techniques
Reproduce exploits in controlled environments to validate findings
Provide technical leadership and establish engineering standards
Conduct quality reviews and act as a senior technical decision-maker
Own projects from concept through implementation with a high degree of autonomy




Work hands-on across security engineering, software development, research and automation
Requirements

Minimum 3 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, software development, or a combination of both with a strong security focus
Demonstrated experience developing software, automation or security tooling
Strong Python development capability
Strong understanding of security monitoring and detection engineering
Experience working with SIEM, security analytics and large-scale security telemetry
Experience designing and developing integrations between security platforms and other systems
Strong understanding of networking and network security principles
Ability to translate security research into practical detections, automation or engineering solutions
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Excellent technical documentation skills
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Demonstrated init

📌 Principal Security Engineer, Detection (Madrid)
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📍 Madrid