Senior Staff Security Engineer, Security Operations

Robinhood

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Menlo Park, CANew York, NYBellevue, WA
Salary
$247,000–$290,000 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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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 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Security Engineer, Security Operations

The Senior Staff Security Engineer, Security Operations joins the Security Operations team to lead the technical creation and execution of the Security Operations AI roadmap. This role involves leading offensive security research, including red team, penetration testing, and application security, while architecting next-generation defensive capabilities to engage and deceive sophisticated threat actors. The engineer will drive an AI-forward security strategy to build a synthetic workforce capable of scaling against automated adversaries. Key requirements include deep expertise in application security, threat detection, and cloud infrastructure security, specifically with AWS. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with telemetry and observability tooling and have experience implementing AI in security operations. The role addresses the challenge of defending a high-volume financial platform against increasingly adaptive, AI-powered attackers in a complex threat landscape.

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Median $203125 from 45 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the technical creation and execution of the Security Operations AI roadmap for offensive and defensive functions.
  • Lead offensive security research using red team, penetration testing, and application security expertise to close critical attack surfaces.
  • Architect and build next-generation defensive systems to engage, deceive, and track sophisticated AI-powered threat actors.
  • Drive the AI-forward security strategy to build a synthetic workforce capable of scaling against automated adversaries.
  • Translate intelligence on emerging threat actor motivations into proactive defensive architectures.
  • Set technical standards and mentor security engineers to elevate the overall capability of the Security Operations organization.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of security engineering experience with depth in offensive and defensive security.
  • Proven track record of technical leadership at the Senior Staff, Principal, or Distinguished level.
  • Demonstrated experience innovating with AI in Security Operations beyond basic chatbot usage.
  • Deep expertise in application security and modern software development.
  • Strong background in threat detection, incident response, and security operations.
  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure security (AWS preferred), telemetry, and large-scale detection pipelines.
  • Exceptional technical communication skills to influence at the executive level and with engineers.
  • Security certifications such as OSCP, GREM, GXPN, or equivalent (preferred).

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