Artemis is building the future of AI-driven defense - helping companies detect and defend themselves effectively in an era where AI is fighting AI on the cyber battlefield.
We’re backed by First Round Capital, Brightmind, and a group of the cybersecurity industry’s most prominent Operators.
Our founders, Shachar (ex-Palo Alto Networks, AWS, Demisto) and Dan (ex-Abnormal Security, Twitter) have previously built, launched, and scaled cybersecurity products loved and trusted by tens of thousands of customers, and have the customer, technology, and security know-hows to deliver this vision.
Our exceptionally strong team includes software engineers, AI researchers, security engineers, and product designers hailing from Google, Abnormal AI, Wiz, Meta, AWS, CERN, SentinelOne, and more.
We are growing our team and looking for passionate builders to join us and support our expanding customer base.
Job Overview
We're looking for a Security Research Engineer to drive detection research, threat hunting, and AI-powered security automation. You'll work at the intersection of security expertise and cutting-edge AI—researching data sources, building detections, investigating real incidents, and engaging directly with customers to deliver security value. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your work directly shapes what threats we catch and how we catch them.
Responsibilities
Develop AI-powered detection tooling - Build automation that leverages AI to accelerate detection creation, tuning, and validation at scale.
Conduct security research - Analyze cloud, identity, and SaaS data sources (AWS CloudTrail, Okta, Entra ID, and more) to extract security value and identify detection opportunities.
Perform attack simulations - Execute authorized attack simulations to validate detection coverage and identify gaps in our defenses.
Hunt for threats - Proactively search for malicious activity across customer environments using our platform and tooling.
Investigate potential cases - Analyze security incidents to demonstrate product value, refine detection logic, and deliver actionable findings.
Engage with customers - Join customer calls to present analysis results, walk through findings, and gather feedback that shapes the product.
Tune customer detections - Reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy based on real-world data and customer context.
Build investigation automation - Create AI-powered tools that scale investigation and threat hunting workflows across our platform.
Qualifications
7+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience
Hands-on experience in incident response including cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and identity providers (Okta, Entra ID)
Strong knowledge of threat actor tactics, techniques, & procedures and demonstrated understanding uncovering threat actor activity in various environments
Strong experience with log-based analysis and demonstrated ability to identify malicious activity across a variety of log sources
Ability to translate security research into actionable detections or threat hunt investigations
Strong communication skills—comfortable explaining technical findings to engineers and customers
Experience with detection engineering at scale
Bonus:
Background working in a SOC environment or Managed Detection and Response.
Familiarity with a wide range of security tools (SIEM, EDR, SOAR)
Customer-facing technical experience
Experience with AI tools and models
Why Work at Artemis?
Make a real world impact. Help empower cybersecurity teams around the world to keep people safe from the most advanced cyber threats.
Be challenged to be better than ever before. Our team includes some of the smartest and most driven people in the world. We guarantee you will learn more in 1 year here than 10 years in another place.
Push the boundaries of technology. Work with and build the most advanced AI capabilities in the world of cybersecurity, including cutting-edge analytics and agentic platforms. Your ideas will shape the product and the industry.
Innovative culture. We obsess about customers, move fast with high quality, and value open communication, mentorship and learning. You will have autonomy to drive projects and support to grow.If you are passionate about building resilient distributed systems and want to apply your expertise to defend against AI‑powered adversaries, we’d love to hear from you.
If you are passionate about cybersecurity and want to apply your expertise to build AI-powered defenses against advanced threats, we'd love to hear from you.
Compensation
We offer a competitive compensation of 160,000$- 190,000$ per year, and a top-of-market equity component. A variety of factors are considered when determining the compensation, including a candidate’s professional experience. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed.
Equal Opportunity
At Artemis, we believe the best ideas come from diverse teams. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can do their best work. We welcome everyone, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or anything else that makes you, you.
Hong Kong SAR China