Security Engineer (Detection and Response)

Our goal is to introduce blockchain technology to a large audience. The Alchemy Platform serves as an advanced developer platform dedicated to simplifying blockchain development. We have established prominent infrastructure within the industry, facilitating over $105 billion in transactions for millions of users across a vast majority of countries worldwide.

The Alchemy team comprises seasoned professionals with extensive experience in scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain technology, having held key positions at major companies and prestigious institutions like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT.

Recently, Alchemy secured Series C1 funding at a valuation of $10.2 billion, supported by Lightspeed and Silver Lake. Prior investors include a16z, Coatue, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, Google's Chairman, Charles Schwab, along with prominent industry figures.

Alchemy plays a pivotal role in empowering leading blockchain companies globally and has received recognition from publications such as TechCrunch, Forbes, and Bloomberg, among others.

Role:

In alignment with our mission to make blockchain technology accessible to a billion people, as a security engineer with Alchemy, you will focus on fortifying one of the most sophisticated and high-performance distributed systems within the blockchain sphere.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute Alchemy’s incident detection and response strategy.
• Create tools to facilitate the gathering, processing, and analysis of intelligence signals on a large scale.
• Conduct research on potential attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures for the swift identification and containment of security threats.
• Handle security incidents, conduct triage, investigations, incident analyses, and communicate effectively with partners.
• Participate in an on-call rotation responsible for incident response.

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of experience in security operations, threat detection, incident response, or similar areas.
• Profound knowledge in security monitoring, log analysis, and building detections using varied datasets.
• Hands-on experience in setting up Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
• Experience in threat detection and response within Kubernetes (K8s), AWS, and Linux environments.
• Proficiency in threat hunting to proactively investigate potential risks and identify suspicious behavior.
• Strong communication skills to engage with engineers and partners of all levels on technical matters.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of critically assessing security risks objectively.
• Experience working with startups and familiarity with Web3 technologies.