Paxos
Security Engineer, Detection and Response
$169K–$194K
Remote - United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in security operations, detection engineering, offensive security testing, or a related security engineering role.
About the job
Build and validate detection coverage, threat hunts, and response automations protecting Paxos’s cloud infrastructure, crypto systems, endpoints, and network.
What you'll do
- Develop production-grade detections as code, improve signal quality, and close coverage gaps.
- Conduct threat hunts and purple-team exercises; turn findings into detections and documented IOCs/TTPs.
- Automate investigation and triage, integrate detection tools, and maintain runbooks and incident write-ups.
What they ask for
- 3+ years in security operations, detection engineering, offensive security testing, or a related security engineering role.
- Hands-on investigation and response experience across endpoints, cloud environments, and network telemetry, using SIEM, EDR, and ticketing systems.
- Experience tuning SIEM and EDR detections and writing or adapting detection rules.
- Experience with adversary-emulation or purple-team tooling; ability to use AI and scripting (Python/Bash) to support investigations.
Pay
$169,000 – $194,025 USD base salary
Tools
SIEM, EDR, Python, Bash
AI focus
Use AI and scripting to speed up investigations and automate repetitive work.
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