Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Socket.dev; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Mental health support

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Detection and Response team in Santa Monica.

You will design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments, while building automation to improve threat hunting and incident response. The role requires strong Python/Go skills, deep OS and cloud platform knowledge (GCP/AWS), and experience with digital forensics, malware analysis, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related technical field.
• 6+ years of post‑Bachelor’s security experience or 5+ with a Master’s or 2+ with a PhD.
• Experience in detection, response, and threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity on endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.
• Build tools and automation to improve threat hunting and incident response.
• Investigate events from the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents.
• Use AI tools to design scalable services while ensuring security and production-grade quality code.
• Collaborate with multiple teams during incidents and drive response efforts.
• Identify, fingerprint, and build threat intelligence on TTPs of adversaries including APTs and cybercrime.

Skills

Python

Go

Digital forensics

Malware analysis

Threat intelligence

Incident management

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems

Master’s degree in a technical field

PhD in a relevant technical field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Web Services

Kubernetes

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Detection and Response team in Santa Monica.

You will design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments, while building automation to improve threat hunting and incident response. The role requires strong Python/Go skills, deep OS and cloud platform knowledge (GCP/AWS), and experience with digital forensics, malware analysis, and