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Security Engineer, Detection & Response

Sentry

San Francisco, CA · Remote · Mid

$150,000 – $200,000

Listed on Sentry’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role combines detection engineering, incident response, and identity management for a developer-focused application monitoring platform. You'll build automated security systems, investigate incidents, and implement preventative controls while working with a small, autonomous security team.

Our summary, not Sentry’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • 2-5 years in detection and response, corporate security, or generalist security engineering
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, equivalent training, or professional experience
  • Hands-on experience with alert triage, detection tuning, investigations, or incident response
  • Programming experience in at least one language
  • Familiarity with cloud technology and defensive security tooling

Nice to have

  • Experience with detection-as-code
  • Experience with detection-as-code frameworks
  • Comfort with agentic development workflows
  • Experience with IAM systems
  • Experience with phishing response or user access reviews
  • Experience managing endpoint detection and response tooling

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