Startups

Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Robinhood · Bellevue, WA; Denver, CO; Menlo Park, CA · On-site

← All jobs
About Robinhood

Trade stocks on Robinhood with commission-free investing & advanced trading tools. Access fractional shares, real-time market data, and more. Terms and fees may apply. Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.

About the role

As a Senior Security Engineer (IC5) on the Detection & Response team, you will drive our incident response strategy and build robust detection engineering frameworks. In this high-impact role, you will command high-stress incident responses, eliminate operational noise by developing an AI-native detection platform, and help shape the broader AI-agentic ecosystem for SecOps.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations
  • Proven Command Presence: Demonstrated success leading complex incident responses under pressure with clear, action-oriented executive communication
  • Deep Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Advanced technical experience securing cloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes
  • Code Reasoning Skills: Ability to fluently read, analyze, and reason through code across multiple programming languages to solve complex security challenges
  • Detection Engineering Mastery: Track record of designing, tuning, and operating scalable detection engineering pipelines and SOAR playbooks, as well as leveraging AI technologies to improve speed, scale, and quality
  • AI Experience: Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI workflows for security operations
More about this role

Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

The Security Operations (SecOps) team at Robinhood proactively safeguards our platform and millions of customers. We monitor, detect, and respond to security threats in real time while staying ahead of risks through threat intelligence, Red Team operations, and research partnerships. We are building the next generation of security operations—leveraging AI-driven automation, Autonomic Security Operations (ASO), and innovative detection frameworks to set...

Read the full posting on Robinhood's site ↗

Security Division

Build your edge while you search

Free tools for founders and investors, plus VC Unfiltered, our take on startups, venture and the people who build them.