
Senior Security Software Engineer, Detection and Response
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $196,000 - $220,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build detection systems at scale.
- Engineer response automation.
- Lead incident response.
- Architect observability.
- Hunt proactively.
- Ship production code.
- Mentor and elevate.
Requirements
- 3+ years in Detection and Response as a senior IC, with demonstrated experience building (not just operating) security tooling
- 3+ years programming in Python or similar - you’ll write production code, not just scripts
- Strong experience with cloud security monitoring and investigations
- Experience in building detections from large datasets and automating incident response processes
- Deep knowledge of attacker TTPs, malware analysis, and threat hunting methodologies
- Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and/or serverless technologies (Cloud Functions, Workers)
- Familiarity with distributed systems observability and log analysis at scale
Benefits
- equity
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythoncloud security monitoringincident response automationbuilding security toolinglarge dataset analysismalware analysisthreat hunting methodologiesKubernetesCloud FunctionsWorkers
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproactive huntingincident response