Hiring: Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response Company: Robinhood Location: Denver, CO Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 13:39:17 Target Skills & Keywords : Blockchain, DeFi, Kubernetes, Spark About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience in Detection & Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations. Required Skills: •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. •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. •Mentor & Elevate the Team: Foster a culture of technical excellence, trust, and continuous learning by mentoring engineers and bringing charisma to team development. •On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation (1 week per rotation) to maintain real-time operational readiness. Qualifications: •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. •Applied hands-on capability in Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, or Red Team operations. •Background in high-growth fintech, crypto platforms, or managed security service providers. •Operational familiarity with DeFi/crypto, blockchain, and related technologies. Compensation: •$217,000 - $255,000 / year •Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!