Rippling
Senior Security Engineer - Detection & Response
$168K–$280K
Seattle, WA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 4+ years of full-time experience as a security engineer.
About the job
Develops and improves security detection and incident-response capabilities through telemetry tools, automation, detection rules, threat hunting, and security process enhancements.
What you'll do
- Build tools to collect security telemetry from cloud production systems and automate security workflows.
- Create and refine detection rules, and advance SIEM, case-management, and automation frameworks.
- Lead threat hunting and document detections with runbooks and incident playbooks.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of full-time security engineering experience focused on security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting.
- Proficiency developing tools and automation with common DevOps toolsets.
- Practical knowledge of attacks, adversary TTPs, and MITRE ATT&CK principles.
- Experience with large-scale data analysis, operating-system forensics, SIEM/SOAR platforms, and endpoint, network, and application logs.
Nice to have
- Python
Pay
USD 168,000–280,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, MITRE ATT&CK, SIEM, SOAR, macOS, Windows, Linux
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