Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response
Flexport · San Francisco, California, United States
Posted 20 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Flexport's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Flexport's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Flexport
- high 103 stale, 3 reposted of 176 open
- Hiring momentum
- 234 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Flexport's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Flexport.
About this role
As a Senior Security Engineer focused on Detection & Response at Flexport, you will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of detection engineering, including writing, tuning, and deploying detections across various systems. You will also lead incident response efforts, define telemetry requirements, and proactively hunt for threats, all while collaborating closely with global teams to ensure seamless communication and context sharing.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Flexport as an employer.
What you need
- 5–8 years of experience in detection engineering, incident response, or threat hunting
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or similar)
- Experience with a modern SIEM or detection pipeline (Panther, Elastic, Splunk, or similar)
- Practical incident response experience, including leading or playing a major role in triaging security incidents
Nice to have
- Experience treating detections as code with CI/CD, peer review, and staged rollout
- Experience defining telemetry contracts for systems before they ship
- A track record of critically evaluating and verifying AI-assisted work
- Familiarity with cloud-native and Kubernetes telemetry
- Experience with fraud or financial-crime detection patterns
What you get
- Base salary range of $206,181 — $252,000 USD
- Bonus
- Equity
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and flexible time off
- Relocation support available for the right candidate
Worth weighing
- No MSSP or tier-1 queue; you own detections end to end
- The role involves dealing with real-world consequences of security incidents
- The position requires being onsite in San Francisco regularly
- Legacy telemetry gaps need to be addressed, indicating potential challenges in the role
Summarised from Flexport's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Flexport on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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