Staff Security Engineer: Detection & Response (Remote)

VulnU; United States; Remote; USD 177,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Security Software Engineer in Detection & Response to lead on-call and build detection capabilities for a scalable cloud-first environment. You will drive incident response, design new tooling, and improve detection coverage across multiple sources.

As part of a cross-functional team, you will craft SIEM queries, leverage threat intel, and apply AI to improve speed and accuracy while ensuring data integrity and secure operations. Equity is included.

Qualifications

• Experience in intrusion detection and incident response in cloud environments.
• Hands-on with crafting alerts and detections using SIEMs.
• Ability to lead on-call incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Strong scripting skills in Python or Go for tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve detection engineering capabilities.
• Develop and maintain internal tooling for detection and response.
• Respond to alerts and manage on-call incidents.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams.

Skills

Detection & Response

SIEM queries

Python

Go

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

EDR tooling

Osquery

Firewall logs

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Security Software Engineer in Detection & Response to lead on-call and build detection capabilities for a scalable cloud-first environment. You will drive incident response, design new tooling, and improve detection coverage across multiple sources.

As part of a cross-functional team, you will craft SIEM queries, leverage threat intel, and apply AI to improve speed and accuracy while ensuring data integrity and secure operations. Equity is included.