Robinhood
Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response
$146K–$220K
Bellevue, WA +5 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, WA
Denver, CO
Menlo Park, CA
Bellevue, WA
Denver, CO
Menlo Park, CA - Experience
- 5+ years.
About the job
Leads security incident response and builds detection engineering and AI-enabled security operations capabilities to protect Robinhood’s platform and customers.
What you'll do
- Lead incident response, containing threats, assessing impact, and communicating with leadership.
- Build and maintain detections across cloud and Kubernetes environments; analyze code for vulnerabilities and guide remediation.
- Develop the Autonomic Security Operations roadmap using AI agents and automation; participate in an on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex incident responses under pressure and communicate with executives.
- Advanced experience securing cloud environments, particularly Kubernetes; ability to analyze code across multiple languages.
- Experience designing scalable detection pipelines and SOAR playbooks, using AI to improve operations, and implementing agentic AI workflows for security operations.
Nice to have
- Experience in threat hunting, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, or Red Team operations.
- Background in fintech, crypto platforms, or managed security service providers; familiarity with DeFi/crypto or blockchain.
Pay
$187,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary); $165,000 — $194,000 USD (base salary); $146,000 — $172,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, SOAR, AI
AI focus
Architect Autonomic Security Operations by integrating AI agents and automated issue discovery; use AI technologies and agentic workflows to improve security operations.
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