Staff Engineer, Offensive Security
Twilio
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This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $158,625–$217,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $188k for comparable roles.
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Twilio is a cloud communications platform that provides APIs and software, allowing developers to embed voice, messaging, video, and email functionalities directly into their applications.
Twilio currently has 36 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $155,520–$194,400 across 33 roles with salary data.
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Staff Security Engineer As part of the Threat Detection and Response team, you will join a group of deeply technical engineers to develop scalable processes and technical solutions for complex security challenges. You will be responsible for architecting and developing performant detective tooling, automating manual security processes, participating in incident response activities, and conducting systems threat modeling. The role involves building bespoke tools to simplify complex problems while managing multi-year roadmaps and project delivery. Key requirements include expertise in cloud environments like AWS or GCP, experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation, and proficiency with SIEM and SOAR platforms. You will specifically focus on detecting AI threats following the MITRE ATLAS framework and building agentic workflows. This role addresses critical security hurdles by creating automated defenses for a large-scale platform in a production-cloud environment.
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Median $185250 from 84 postings across 39 companies.
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