Security Engineer

About the role

We're searching for an early career Security Engineer to join Remitly's Threat Detection & Response Team. This role will help the team build out and own tools and capabilities and help advance the D&R program at Remitly.

Responsibilities

• Design and build logging and alerting systems to detect and investigate potentially malicious activity
• Create and tune analytics to proactively detect threats with high quality ATT&CK coverage and low false positive rates
• Investigate and triage interesting or suspicious events and participate in on-call rotation
• Drive incident response efforts across cross-functional teams
• Help define and execute threat detection and response strategy

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in security or systems engineering
• 1+ years of experience in threat detection or threat response, preferably in a cloud-first environment (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Experience using AI tools to support technical work, documentation, and problem-solving
• Familiarity with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, or related security tools
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline OR equivalent practical experience
• Able to lead in complex operating environments, sometimes in high stress situations
• Comfortable writing and reading code/Queries — whether hand-written or AI/agent-assisted (e.g., Python, scripting, query languages like SPL/KQL)
• Know what the MITRE ATT&CK framework is and how to apply it

Qualifications

• Strong alignment to our mission and values
• Strong attention to detail, operates with a high degree of discretion
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Skills

• MITRE ATT&CK framework knowledge
• Experience with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, or related security tools
• Experience using AI tools to support technical work
• Experience with logging and alerting systems
• Experience with threat detection and response

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
• Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
• Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Learning & development benefits