Senior Security Engineer Detection and Response

Robinhood helps users invest in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies through commission-free trading with no minimum account requirements.

Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026

United States
About Robinhood

Robinhood helps retail investors access financial markets through commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies. With it, users can invest with no account minimums, earn rewards through retirement accounts with matching contributions, and access advanced trading tools. Robinhood democratizes investing by making financial markets accessible to everyone, not just wealthy investors.

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About the Role

You will command security incident responses, contain threats, assess impact, and communicate with leadership. You will build and tune cloud and Kubernetes detections, design AI-enabled security operations, analyze code for vulnerabilities and threat vectors, guide remediation, and participate in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • Five or more years of Detection and Response, Incident Response, or Security Operations experience
  • Incident-response leadership and executive communication
  • Cloud security expertise
  • Kubernetes expertise
  • Multi-language code analysis
  • Detection engineering pipelines
  • SOAR playbooks
  • AI technologies for security operations
  • Agentic AI workflow design
  • Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, or Red Team experience preferred
  • Fintech, crypto platform, or managed security service provider experience preferred
  • DeFi, crypto, blockchain, and related technology familiarity preferred

Responsibilities

  • Command security incident response workstreams
  • Contain threats, quantify impact, and communicate with leadership
  • Build, tune, and maintain detection systems across cloud and Kubernetes environments
  • Architect an Autonomic Security Operations roadmap using AI agents
  • Analyze codebases to identify vulnerabilities and threat vectors
  • Guide security remediation
  • Participate in an on-call rotation

Benefits

  • Bonus opportunities
  • Equity ownership
  • 401(k) matching
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees
  • 90% health insurance coverage for dependents
  • Lifestyle wallet
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • Employer-paid disability insurance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Mental health benefits
  • Company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Sick time
  • Parental leave
  • Catered meals
  • Office events