Security Developer, Detection & Response

About the Role + Team

The Security Operations (SecOps) team’s mission is to proactively safeguard Robinhood and its customers. SecOps is responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents in real time. We do this by staying ahead of threats through gathering threat intelligence, conducting Red Team operations, and working with external security researchers to identify and mitigate potential risks before they can be exploited. By maintaining a robust defense posture, the team protects Robinhood customers from ever-evolving cyber threats.

As a Detection & Response Engineer, you will focus on strengthening Robinhood’s ability to detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents. You’ll work on developing high-quality detections, improving response workflows, and collaborating with security teams to reduce detection gaps. This role requires technical expertise in security operations, detection engineering, and incident response while working closely with SOC analysts, engineers, and security stakeholders.

The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.

What you’ll do

• Incident Detection & Response - Investigate Security alerts and incidents, conduct log analysis, and collaborate with teams to mitigate threats.
• Detection Engineering - Develop and fine-tune detection logic to improve visibility into security threats, reducing false positives and detection gaps
• Triage & Investigation - Analyze security signals, correlate data across multiple sources, and determine response actions
• Threat Monitoring & Analysis - Continuously monitor, evaluate, and improve security detections based on evolving threats and real-time feedback from investigations.
• Automation & process Improvements - Assist in automating detection workflows and enhancing security operations efficiency through scripting or SOAR tools
• Incident Documentation & Postmortems - Contribute to post-incident reports, helping identify areas for improvement in detections, response, and remediation strategies

What you bring

• 2-4 years of experience in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response
• Strong understanding of log analysis, detection tuning, and alert triage within security tools (SIEMs, EDRs, cloud security platforms)
• Experience with writing detections using query languages
• Familiarity with threat hunting, log correlation, and investigation techniques across cloud and endpoint environments
• Ability to analyze security telemetry, identify attack patterns and contribute to continuous detection improvements
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate across security teams in fast-paced incident response scenarios

Nice to haves

• Hands-on experience developing and deploying SOAR playbooks to automated detection and response workflows.
• Familiarity with AWS, Okta, Kubernetes, and/or Google Workspace security monitoring tools
• Proficient in software development, with a focus on creating secure and efficient code for detection and response solutions.

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