Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Klaviyo; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Klaviyo, based in Boston, is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to enhance their Detection and Response (D&R) Team. You will be responsible for building secure and scalable systems to improve security observability and response capabilities.

The role requires 5+ years of experience in software and security engineering, along with proficiency in automation and AI techniques. Team players with a strong work ethic and communication skills will thrive in this environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software, security, and/or data engineering.
• Experience with automation-first and AI-first approach.
• Familiar with large-scale data pipelines and data engineering techniques.

Responsibilities

• Build systems for security observability for detection and response.
• Develop AI-first security systems to automate operations.
• Respond to security alerts and incidents.
• Drive end-to-end incident response investigations.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Security engineering experience

Data engineering techniques

Automation and AI-focused skills

Proficient in Python or Go

Familiarity with centralized logging

Experience with SIEM solutions

Git and CI/CD experience

Strong communication skills

Job description

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first‑party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

Klaviyo is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to add to our growing Detection and Response (D&R) Team. This is a hands‑on technical role that involves building and maintaining secure, reliable, and scalable detection and response systems to enhance our security observability capabilities.

This role will also be responsible for participating in full end‑to‑end detection development and response lifecycle and support with threat response operations. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage your security and engineering skills to provide thought leadership, solve complex security challenges and ultimately improve Klaviyo’s overall security posture.

How you will make a difference:

• Build systems that facilitate security observability for detection and response
• Develop AI‑first security systems to automate detection and response operations
• Onboard, normalize and optimize security logging data for large‑scale data analysis, detection engineering, deployment of ML models, and efficient querying during incidents.
• Develop high‑fidelity rule‑based and/or ML‑based detections as code
• Respond to security alerts, cyber threats, and security incidents
• Drive end‑to‑end incident response investigations
• Automate and codify detection and response workflows and processes
• Conduct ad‑hoc threat hunts and be an active member of D&R on‑call rotations

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in software, security, and/or data engineering
• Automation‑first and AI‑first approach for all work performed
• Experience with centralized logging, data lakes, and SIEM solutions
• Familiarity with large‑scale data pipelines and data engineering techniques
• Proficient in programming languages to automate / build (e.g., Python, Go or similar)
• Proven experience with git/GitHub and CI/CD automations
• Familiarity with tactics, techniques, and procedures used by threat actors
• Experience being part of detection and response or incident response on‑call
• Strong passion for continuous learning and staying updated on evolving technology
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Team player with a strong, self‑managing work ethic