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Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Robinhood · Menlo Park, CA · 3 wk ago
On-siteInformation Technology$187k–$220k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the team + role? Actually headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use

for section headings. Only include sections where posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - About the team + role: includes mission, team description, role description. Could be "About the role" heading. - Responsibilities: "What You’ll Do" list. - Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: "What You Bring" list, plus maybe "Bonus Points". Could combine. - Benefits: "What We Offer" includes benefits description. - Pay: Base pay range zones. - Schedule: mentions in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, maybe a short intro paragraph? The opening paragraph: "Join us in building the future of finance..." Could be considered prose but not under a heading? The instruction: Use

    for section headings. Use
    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

      for prose. It doesn't forbid having prose outside sections? Probably we should wrap everything in sections. The intro could be under "About the role" or maybe a general description. But we have "About the team + role" which could be under "About the role". We'll include a

      with that intro. Then

      About the role

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      Responsibilities

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      • items from "What You’ll Do". Then

        Requirements

        (or Qualifications/Skills). Could combine Requirements and Skills. But we need to decide. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can include multiple of those if content exists. We have Requirements (experience), Qualifications (maybe same), Skills (specific). Could split: Requirements: years of experience, proven command presence, etc. Qualifications: maybe education? Not given. Skills: technical skills list. But we can combine into one section "Requirements" that includes all. Safer to include just one section "Requirements" with all bullet points. But we also have "Bonus Points" which could be under "Preferred Qualifications" but not listed as heading. Could include under Requirements as additional bullet. We'll create

        Requirements

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        • for each bullet from "What You Bring" and "Bonus Points". Then

          Benefits

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          • from "What We Offer". Need to capture each benefit item. Then

            Pay

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            Schedule

            with paragraph about in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. We must not include sections with filler. All have content. Now ensure we don't repeat job title. Let's extract details. Intro prose: "Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading." Then About the team + role: "We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards. About The Team The Security Operations (SecOps) team at Robinhood proactively safeguards our platform and millions of customers. We monitor, detect, and respond to security threats in real time while staying ahead of risks through threat intelligence, Red Team operations, and research partnerships. We are building the next generation of security operations—leveraging AI-driven automation, Autonomic Security Operations (ASO), and innovative detection frameworks to set the standard across the cybersecurity industry! About The Role As a Senior Security Engineer (IC5) on the Detection & Response team, you will drive our incident response strategy and build robust detection engineering frameworks. In this high-impact role, you will command high-stress incident responses, eliminate operational noise by developing an AI-native detection platform, and help shape the broader AI-agentic ecosystem for SecOps. You will work closely with cross-functional partners in Proactive Security, Security Engineering, Insider Trust, Infrastructure, Legal, and Communications to protect Robinhood’s ecosystem. This role is based in our Bellevue, WA, Menlo Park, CA, and Denver, CO office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams." We could split: first paragraph as intro, then About the role section includes team and role description. Now Responsibilities: list items: - Lead Incident Response: Command security incident response workstreams with decisive leadership, rapidly containing threats, quantifying impact, and communicating effectively with leadership. - Elevate Detection Rigor: Build, tune, and maintain our global detection catalog across our cloud and kubernetes environments to ensure high precision and actionable alerting. - Drive Strategic Innovation: Architect our Autonomic Security Operations (ASO) roadmap, integrating AI agents and automated issue discovery to transform response capabilities. - Code & Architecture Analysis: Read and reason through complex, multi-language codebases to identify security vulnerabilities, evaluate threat vectors, and guide remediation. - On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation (1 week per rotation) to maintain real-time operational readiness. Now Requirements: from "What You Bring": - 5+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations. - Proven Command Presence: Demonstrated success leading complex incident responses under pressure with clear, action-oriented executive communication. - Deep Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Advanced technical experience securing cloud environments with a focus on Kubernetes. - Code Reasoning Skills: Ability to fluently read, analyze, and reason through code across multiple programming languages to solve complex security challenges. - Detection Engineering Mastery: Track record of designing, tuning, and operating scalable detection engineering pipelines and SOAR playbooks, as well as leveraging AI technologies to improve speed, scale, and quality. - AI Experience: Hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI workflows for security operations. - Agility: Ability to thrive in high-growth, fast-paced environments with evolving threat landscapes. Bonus Points: - Hands-on experience with Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, or Red Team operations. - Background in high-growth fintech, crypto platforms, or managed security service providers. - Familiarity with DeFi/crypto, blockchain, and related technologies. We can include these as bullet points under Requirements. Now Benefits: from "What We Offer": - Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career. - Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching. - Best-in-class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents. - Lifestyle wallet — a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more. - Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits. - Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more! - Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces. Also note: "In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits." That's covered. Now Pay: Base pay range zones: - Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC) $187,000—$220,000 USD - Zone 2 (Denver, CO; Westlake, TX; Chicago, IL) $165,000—$194,000 USD - Zone 3 (Lake Mary, FL; Clearwater, FL; Gainesville, FL) $146,000—$172,000 USD - Also note: "Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process." We'll include that prose. Now Schedule: "This role is based in our Bellevue, WA, Menlo Park, CA, and Denver, CO office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams." We can put schedule section with that paragraph. Now ensure we don't include duplicated lines. The intro and About the role may overlap with schedule paragraph; but schedule paragraph is same as earlier mention. We'll keep schedule section only with the in-person attendance sentence maybe plus the belief statement. It's okay. Now produce HTML. Structure:

            Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.

            About the role

            [team and role description]

            Responsibilities

            • ...
            • ...

            Requirements

            • ...
            • ...

            Benefits

            • ...
            • ...

            Pay

            [pay prose]

            Schedule

            [schedule prose]

            Make sure no extra whitespace issues. Now craft the About the role paragraph: combine the team and role description. Let's write: "We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards. About The Team The Security Operations (SecOps) team at Robinhood proactively safeguards our platform and millions of customers. We monitor, detect, and respond to security threats in real time while staying ahead of risks through threat intelligence, Red Team operations, and research partnerships. We are building the next generation of security operations—leveraging AI-driven automation, Autonomic Security Operations (ASO), and innovative

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