Senior Detection Engineer

SpaceX

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $230,000–$242,500 / yr
Posted: 55 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $172k

This role $236k

$134k most similar roles pay here $254k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $146,500–$198,362 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $172k for comparable roles.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Senior Detection Engineer

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As a Senior Detection Engineer on Instacart’s Security team, you will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining systems that detect threats across one of North America's largest grocery technology platforms. Your responsibilities include developing high-fidelity detection logic, hunting for novel attacker techniques, and collaborating with Engineering, Red Team, Incident Response, Fraud, and Trust & Safety to ensure detections reflect real-world adversary behavior. You will work with cloud-native environments including endpoint, cloud, container, and SaaS products, optimizing log ingestion pipelines and telemetry collection while designing automation workflows using SOAR tools. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in detection engineering or related fields, proficiency in Python or Golang, and knowledge of public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Skills

AWS Azure GCP Python Go CI/CD SOAR Kubernetes Terraform macOS internals telemetry detection-as-code version-control peer-review-processes automated-testing machine-learning-for-threat-detection

What you'll do

Develop and maintain detection logic across various log sources.
Assist in forensic investigations using diverse log data.
Optimize telemetry collection for high-quality security data.
Design and build automation workflows with SOAR playbooks.
Mentor junior analysts on threat hunting and detection techniques.

What we're looking for

5+ years experience in detection engineering, incident response, or offensive security.
Deep understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) in modern zero trust environments.
Experience with public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Proficient in developing and maintaining detection logic across various log sources.
Relevant certifications such as GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM, OSCP, or similar.
Basic proficiency in Python, Golang, or other programming languages.

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