Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

HackerOne
Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 182,000 - 202,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Analytical thinking"]

Senior Security Engineer responsible for designing and delivering detection and response capabilities for a cloud-native environment, leveraging AI-powered tooling and automation. You will cover the full detection lifecycle—from observability gaps to incident response—embedding AI-first practices, partnering across engineering, and improving logging and observability. Remote role with proximity to Austin, TX, and other US locations.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
HackerOne
HackerOne
4 months ago

Senior Security Engineer, Detection and Response

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 8 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Senior Security Engineer responsible for designing and delivering detection and response capabilities for a cloud-native environment, leveraging AI-powered tooling and automation. You will cover the full detection lifecycle—from observability gaps to incident response—embedding AI-first practices, partnering across engineering, and improving logging and observability. Remote role with proximity to Austin, TX, and other US locations.
Location: Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity systems.
  • •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 and extend team capacity.
  • •Lead and participate in incident response, including detection, investigation, containment, and retrospectives.
  • •Partner cross-functionally with engineering and platform teams to expand logging, improve observability, and embed detection into the development lifecycle.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 182,000 - 202,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityRetirementPaid LeaveMaternity LeaveParenteral LeaveEmployee Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •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).
  • •Ability to design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, endpoints, and identity systems.
Experience:5+ yearsCybersecurityCloudSaaS
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationAnalytical thinking
Tech Stack:PythonGoRubyAWSCloudTrailGuardDutyVPC flow logsDatadogSplunkELKSentinelOneCrowdStrikeDockerKubernetesECSEKS

Company Brief

HackerOne
Provides a platform for coordinated vulnerability disclosure, bug bounty programs, and continuous threat exposure management by connecting organizations with a global community of security researchers to find and remediate software, cloud, and AI vulnerabilities.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
Glassdoor
Glassdoor: 3.9
WebsiteLinkedInGlassdoor