Checkout.com

fintech

Detection&ThreatEngineer

London, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Detection & Threat Engineer at Checkout.com. Skills: detection engineering, threat hunting, scripting, programming. Engineer threat detections. Define detection standards”

What You'll Achieve.

raise the security baseline; Reducing alert fatigue

Industry & Context.

fintech
Problems you'll solve

logic refinement; correlation; contextual enrichment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

detection engineering, threat hunting, advanced SOC roles, modern attacker tradecraft, intrusion techniques, detection logic, SIEM platforms, scripting, programming, cloud detection experience, threat intelligence platforms, frameworks

Nice to Have

Sentinel

What You'll Do.

Engineer threat detections

Define detection standards

Conduct proactive threat hunting

Translate threat intelligence

Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK

Advise during high-severity security

Contribute to runbooks

Drive transition of capability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with Security Operations; Partner closely with GRC; Partner closely with Engineering; Work as one team; Back each other to succeed

Full Job Description

Company Description We’re http://checkout.comCheckout.com http://Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions daily for more than one billion global shoppers. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started. The role You will own and evolve the company’s threat detection and threat-hunting capability. This role defines what “good” looks like for detection and increasingly engineers it directly as capability shifts into Cyber Security. This is not an alert-triage role. You are here to understand attacker behaviour, convert it into high-fidelity detection logic, and raise the security baseline for the entire organisation. You will partner closely with Security Operations, GRC and Engineering—setting standards, direction, and expectations—while progressively taking ownership of the most complex and high-value detection and threat engineering work. What you’ll be responsible for - Engineering high-fidelity threat detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS - Defining detection standards, principles, and quality thresholds for Security Operations - Conducting proactive threat hunting based on attacker behaviour, not vendor alerts - Translating threat intelligence and incident learnings into durable, reus

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