Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Robinhood

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WADenver, COMenlo Park, CA
Salary
$217,000–$255,000 / yr
Posted
112 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $189k
This role $236k
$123k most similar roles pay here $269k

This role pays more than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $159,400–$217,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $189k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 35 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response joins the Security Operations team to protect the platform from real-time threats through advanced detection frameworks and AI-driven automation. In this role, you will lead high-pressure incident response workstreams, manage a global detection catalog across cloud and Kubernetes environments, and architect an Autonomic Security Operations roadmap featuring agentic AI workflows. You will be responsible for building automated issue discovery systems, mentoring engineers to foster technical excellence, and performing deep code analysis across multi-language codebases to identify vulnerabilities. The role requires expertise in SOAR playbooks, detection engineering pipelines, and infrastructure security. This position addresses the challenge of securing a complex financial ecosystem by integrating AI technologies to eliminate operational noise and enhance response capabilities against evolving threats within a high-growth environment.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $196000 from 31 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Command security incident response workstreams to contain threats and communicate impact to leadership.
  • Build, tune, and maintain a global detection catalog across cloud and Kubernetes environments.
  • Architect the Autonomic Security Operations roadmap by integrating AI agents and automated discovery.
  • Analyze multi-language codebases to identify vulnerabilities and evaluate threat vectors.
  • Mentor engineers to foster technical excellence and a culture of continuous learning.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain real-time operational readiness.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations.
  • Proven command presence leading complex incident responses under pressure with clear executive communication.
  • Advanced technical experience securing cloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes.
  • Ability to read and reason through multi-language codebases to identify vulnerabilities and evaluate threat vectors.
  • Track record of designing, tuning, and operating scalable detection engineering pipelines and SOAR playbooks.
  • Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI workflows for security operations.
  • Experience with Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, or Red Team operations (preferred).
  • Background in high-growth fintech, crypto platforms, or managed security service providers (preferred).

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