This role pays more than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$150,474–$216,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$204k
versus about
$183k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Robinhood
Robinhood is a financial technology company offering commission-free stock, ETF, options, and cryptocurrency trading through its mobile app, aimed at democratizing access to financial markets. Industry: Financial Technology & Investment App
Robinhood currently has
45 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$196,000–$230,000
across 42 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response, you will join the Security Operations team to proactively safeguard the platform against security threats. You will lead incident response workstreams, manage high-stress responses, and communicate impacts to leadership while building robust detection engineering frameworks across cloud and Kubernetes environments. Your daily responsibilities include tuning global detection catalogs, architecting an Autonomic Security Operations roadmap using AI agents, and performing code reasoning across multi-language codebases to identify vulnerabilities. The role requires expertise in SOAR playbooks, automated issue discovery, and agentic AI workflows for security operations. You will solve complex technical challenges within the fintech space by integrating advanced detection technologies to eliminate operational noise. Essential skills include deep cloud infrastructure knowledge, experience with threat intelligence, and the ability to navigate evolving threat landscapes in a high-growth environment.
What does a Security Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 81 postings across 41 companies.
Python
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