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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 23 days Instacart's roles stay open a median of 33 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Instacart's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Instacart
- moderate 36 stale, 3 reposted of 109 open
- Hiring momentum
- 212 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 Instacart's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Instacart.
About this role
As a Senior Detection Engineer II at Instacart, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining detection logic across various log sources, assisting in cyber forensic investigations, and optimizing log ingestion pipelines. You will also design SOAR playbooks, mentor junior analysts, and collaborate with multiple teams to enhance threat detection capabilities in a cloud-native environment.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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 Instacart as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years of experience in a detection engineering, incident response, or offensive security role
- Experience with 1 or more public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Deep understanding of attacker TTPs across modern zero trust environments
- Proficient understanding of macOS internals and telemetry
- Experience implementing detection-as-code workflows
- Basic proficiency with Python, Golang, or other programming languages
Nice to have
- Background in offensive security or red teaming
- Knowledge of machine learning for threat detection
What you get
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- Eligible for a new hire equity grant and annual refresh grants
- Flex First remote work policy
Worth weighing
- No specific salary figure listed for the role, only a range provided
- Remote work limited to specific provinces in Canada
- Role involves mentoring, which may require additional interpersonal skills
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Listed by Instacart on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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