Director of Security Engineering, Detection & Response

Job Description:

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.
We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.

About the Role:

Remitly is seeking a visionary and business-minded security professional to serve as the for our Detection, Response, and Threat Intelligence functions. Over the last few years, the threat landscape has evolved dramatically, and our defensive capabilities must. In this critical leadership role, you will be responsible for building a proactive, intelligence-driven Response capability to ensure Remitly is fully prepared to handle complex, modern security incidents in a cloud-native ecosystem.

You will lead a globally distributed organization—including managing and scaling our key operations and engineering in Bangalore (BLR)—focused on generating high-signal, behavior-based alerts, automating containment, and actioning real-time threat intelligence.

s serving as the executive interface for our operational security program. You will establish strategic plans, leverage advanced automation and AI-driven SecOps capabilities, and collaborate with our Investment Committee to maintain a world-class maturity level across Detection, Response, and Intel. If you have a passion for "aim for the stars" engineering, empathetic global partnership, and staying two steps ahead of financial cybercrime, we want you on our team.
You Will:

• Drive an Intelligence-Led Response Program: for large-scale, high-complexity security incidents. Mature our incident response program to heavily leverage Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) and automated containment to reduce mean time to remediate (MTTR).

• Build & Integrate Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI): Establish and lead a Threat Intelligence function. Track Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), financial cybercrime syndicates, and emerging attack vectors, ensuring strategic intel is translated into tactical detection rules and proactive defense measures.

• Modernize Detection Engineering: Lead the transition from traditional signature-based alerting to behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR). Ensure detection capabilities are o for our modern, highly-distributed technological environment.

• Global Team Leadership: Hire, develop, and mentor Technical Leads, Engineering Managers, and specialists across multiple time zones. You will specifically oversee the growth, management, and integration of our dedicated team in Bangalore, ensuring seamless "follow-the-sun" operations and engineering alignment.

• Executive Communication: Act as the primary liaison during high-stress incidents, translating highly complex technical details, threat actor motivations, and business impacts to Remitly’s executive leadership and Board of Directors.

• Drive continuous organizational learning through blameless, highly actionable After Action Reports (AARs) and continuous threat exposure management.
   

You Have:

• Proven experience in a senior security leadership role, specifically managing large, complex security incidents, leading global teams, and scaling SecOps functions.

• Deep understanding of the modern threat landscape, CTI frameworks, cloud-native security architectures, and the application of machine learning/AI in security operations.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to convey critical technical information, intel briefings, and risk impacts to C-suite executives effectively and accurately.

• Ability to develop comprehensive SLOs, SLAs, and telemetry to evaluate the output of multiple domains (e.g., alert efficacy, intel integration, incident operations).

• Ability to balance security risk with rapid innovation in a highly regulated, high-growth financial services environment.

Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $256,000-$320,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates a consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their team's specific needs. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Remitly is an E-Verify Employer

At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.