Quora
Detection & CorpSec Engineer (Remote)
$172K–$250K
Remote - Multiple Locations +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted May 18, 2026
- Location
- Remote - Multiple Locations
United States
Canada - Experience
- 5+ years; security engineering, detection engineering, or a closely related field.
About the job
Build and operate security detection systems and corporate security controls for Quora and Poe, investigate incidents, and advise non-engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain a SIEM, detections, alerts, canary tokens, and early-warning mechanisms across corporate and production systems.
- Investigate incidents, including malware analysis and timeline reconstruction, and develop response runbooks.
- Partner with IT on employee-device security, Zero-Trust VPN and corporate infrastructure, and provide security guidance across the organization.
What they ask for
- Availability for meetings and impromptu communication Monday–Friday, 9am–3pm Pacific Time.
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, detection engineering, or a closely related field.
- Hands-on experience building or maintaining SIEM infrastructure and writing detection rules; experience with endpoint security tools.
- Strong Python engineering skills and experience shipping production code with software engineering teams; experience investigating security incidents and implementing corporate security controls.
Nice to have
- Experience with SIEM/SOAR options such as Elastic/Splunk; familiarity with Okta, authentication technology, Zero-Trust networking, AWS, or cloud-native security tooling.
- Demonstrated use of AI coding tools to build or automate security workflows; experience in a small security team or fast-paced startup environment.
Pay
$172,279 - $249,640 USD (base salary); $220,272 - $255,347 CAD (base salary); $205,587 - $238,324 CAD (base salary)
Tools
SIEM, Python, CrowdStrike, EDR, Elastic, Splunk, Okta, AWS
AI focus
The team leverages AI to work efficiently at scale; preferred experience includes using AI coding tools to build or automate security workflows.
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