Detection & Response Security Engineer II (Remote)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligibility

Inclusive culture

Professional development

Salary transparency

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Security Software Engineer II, Detection and Response, to strengthen threat detection and incident response in a cloud-first environment. You will build alerts, manage logging pipelines, and develop internal tooling while partnering with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes scalable automation, threat hunting, and applying AI to security workflows. Remote-US based; visa sponsorship not available; compensation is $123,696–$254,667 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/Cybersecurity.
• Hands-on intrusion detection and incident response in cloud-first env.
• Experience with SIEM queries for alerting and threat hunting.
• Familiarity with multiple telemetry sources for threat investigations.
• Experience scripting/automation (Python/Go/Ruby).

Responsibilities

• Build alerts and automation workflows for threat detection and response.
• Manage logging pipelines and onboard new sources.
• Develop internal tooling for detection and response.
• Respond to alerts and participate in on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with cross-team partners and hunt threats.
• Leverage AI to improve security workflows.

Skills

Intrusion detection

Incident response

Threat hunting

Python

Go

Ruby

AI for workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

SIEM

Logging pipelines

Automation tooling

Cloud telemetry

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Security Software Engineer II, Detection and Response, to strengthen threat detection and incident response in a cloud-first environment. You will build alerts, manage logging pipelines, and develop internal tooling while partnering with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes scalable automation, threat hunting, and applying AI to security workflows. Remote-US based; visa sponsorship not available; compensation is $123,696–$254,667 annually.