Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

HackerOne

. Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity systems, improving coverage and signal quality through Data-Driven Decision Making .

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $182,000 - $202,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoPythonRubySplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity systems, improving coverage and signal quality through Data-Driven Decision Making
Build automated investigation and response workflows that replace manual runbooks, leveraging AI First principles to scale triage, enrichment, containment, and remediation
Develop and deploy AI/LLM-powered tooling to accelerate investigations, reduce alert fatigue, and extend team capacity beyond traditional headcount constraints, embedding AI First practices into daily workflows
Lead and participate in incident response, including detection, investigation, containment, and retrospectives, applying First Principles Problem Solving to identify root causes and improve long-term resilience
Partner cross-functionally with engineering and platform teams to expand logging, improve observability, and embed detection capabilities into the development lifecycle
Continuously improve detection quality by analyzing alert performance, tuning for signal, and building feedback loops between incidents and detections using Data-Driven Decision Making
Proactively identify gaps in visibility or coverage and translate ambiguous problem spaces into concrete detection and response solutions through First Principles Problem Solving
Adapt quickly to evolving threats, tools, and priorities, helping the team maintain momentum and effectiveness through Change Agility

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in detection and response, security engineering, or software engineering with a security focus
Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages, and experience working in production codebases
Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS preferred), including services such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and VPC flow logs
Experience with log aggregation and analysis platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, ELK) and endpoint detection tools (e.g., SentinelOne, CrowdStrike)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance*
Equity stock options
Retirement plans
Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO
Paid maternity and parental leave
Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
Employee Assistance Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGoRubycloud infrastructuredetection and responsesecurity engineeringAI/LLM-powered toolinglog aggregationalert performance analysisFirst Principles Problem Solving

Soft Skills

Data-Driven Decision MakingChange Agilitycross-functional collaborationincident response leadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilityteam capacity managementcommunicationresilience improvementfeedback loop building