Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Block

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$217,800–$326,800 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $154,316–$218,050 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $272k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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About Block

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Block currently has 41 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $217,800–$326,800 across 40 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

JOB TITLE: Careers - Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response The Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response joins the Computer Security Incident Response Team to investigate and respond to threats across products and systems. This role involves commanding high-impact security incidents from initial assessment through containment, recovery, and closure. You will reconstruct timelines, preserve evidence, and coordinate remediation with system owners while balancing urgency and business impact. You will build tools, workflows, and procedures to strengthen response capabilities. Key responsibilities include writing code, queries, and automation to accelerate evidence collection and analysis. Required skills include 6+ years of incident response and digital forensics experience, SQL/database understanding, and practical programming in Python. You must demonstrate expertise in identity, endpoint, cloud, network, and application security, while utilizing AI-assisted workflows to improve incident coordination and case management.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $200125 from 42 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Command high-impact security incidents from initial assessment through containment, recovery, and closure.
  • Investigate threats across endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS, network, and application systems.
  • Reconstruct incident timelines, preserve evidence, and determine the scope and impact of security breaches.
  • Coordinate containment and remediation with system owners while balancing urgency and business impact.
  • Write code, queries, and automation to accelerate evidence collection and remove recurring manual work.
  • Lead post-incident reviews and communicate findings and response decisions to technical teams and business partners.
  • Mentor other responders and participate in the incident response on-call rotation.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of hands-on incident response and digital forensics experience.
  • Experience commanding major security incidents involving multiple teams and competing priorities.
  • Strong knowledge of attacker behavior and depth in identity, endpoint, cloud, network, or application security.
  • Strong SQL/database understanding and log-analysis skills.
  • Practical programming or scripting ability, such as Python.
  • An established AI-assisted workflow and experience developing AI-based systems to improve incident coordination (preferred).
  • Clear communication and sound judgment when working with technical teams, executives, and sensitive information.
  • An engineering mindset and a track record of turning incident response lessons into lasting improvements.

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