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Senior Security Software Engineer, Detection and Response

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $196,000 - $220,500 per year

Job Level

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