CareerPlan

Senior Security Engineer

San Francisco, CA, United StatesFull-time$172k2026-09-29 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Design, build, and tune security detections; lead incident response for high-severity threats; build security automation workflows; maintain SIEM/data pipeline health.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (Security Operations)

Builds

Detection logic, incident response playbooks, security automation workflows, SIEM/data pipelines

Domain

Cybersecurity, Financial Technology

Required skills

Security operations, detection engineering, incident response, SIEM platforms, security data pipelines, EDR, identity security, network security, scripting/automation (Python/SOAR), REST APIs, threat landscape awareness, technical writing, risk assessment

Preferred skills

Agentic coding tools (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex), mentoring less experienced engineers

Technologies

Google Security Operations, Tines, Python, SOAR, REST APIs

Responsibilities

Design and tune detections across the security stack; lead incident response for sophisticated investigations; build and maintain security automation workflows; own and improve SIEM/data pipeline health; develop cross-functional relationships to drive security tooling adoption; maintain awareness of the evolving threat landscape; mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC