Betterment
Security Engineer, Detect & Respond
$145K–$180K
Betterment HQ - New York City +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Betterment HQ - New York City
61 West 23rd Street, Fifth Floor, New York, New York - Experience
- 3+ years in security operations or security engineering.
About the job
Build and operate security detection and response capabilities, support incident response, and improve monitoring and on-call operations, including coverage for AI-related risks.
What you'll do
- Develop and improve detections, SIEM integrations, automations, and on-call processes.
- Participate in security on-call and support incident triage, investigation, containment, and playbook updates.
- Build visibility and detection coverage for AI tools and activity, partnering with engineering and governance teams.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience in security operations or security engineering.
- Experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, including writing searches and building alerts.
- Exposure to incident response, such as alert triage, investigation, or containment.
- Programming or scripting background; comfortable reading and writing code.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AWS and SaaS security tools such as CrowdStrike or Okta.
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and common attacker tactics and techniques.
Pay
$145,000 - $180,000 USD base salary
Tools
SIEM, SOAR, MITRE ATT&CK, AWS, CrowdStrike, Okta
AI focus
Use AI tooling in detection development and triage; build detection coverage and visibility for AI tools, including agent and connector activity, prompt injection, misuse, permissions, and data movement.
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