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# Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response

- **Company:** Airbnb
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Data Logging, Scripting, Mitre Att&ck, Pandas, Amazon Relational Database Service, Cybercrime, Data Analytics, Functional Programming
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-security-engineer-incident-response-usa-58827738

## About the Role

_ gaps and drive visibility improvements through partner engagement Tasks * 5+ years of hands-on security operations experience (investigations, incident response, forensics, threat hunting, or detection engineering) * Proficiency in Python or another scripting language; familiarity with SQL and Pandas * Knowledge of Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks * Experience automating security detection and response * Ability to lead in complex, ambiguous situations through influence * Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) preferred * Ability to work calmly in high-stress situations and collaborate cross-functionally Key requirements * remote work eligibility * bonus possibility * equity * benefits * Employee Travel Credits * paid time off (implied by benefits)

## Description

Experteer Overview In this Senior Security Engineer role, you will help shape Airbnb's threat detection and incident response capabilities within the Threat Detection & Response (TDR) team. You will build and optimize security controls, lead investigations, and mentor other engineers, contributing to scalable defense across production and corporate environments. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to reduce risk through detection, containment, and informed remediation. This is a high-impact position at a fast-growing, security-focused team that values proactive problem-solving and collaboration. Compensation / Benefits * Investigate security incidents using digital forensics and data analytics * Develop and deploy automation and detection models to identify and respond to threats at scale * Hunt for threats in corporate and production environments * Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to improve visibility via logging and detection * Identify infrastructure gaps and drive visibility improvements through partner engagement Tasks * 5+ years of hands-on security operations experience (investigations, incident response, forensics, threat hunting, or detection engineering) * Proficiency in Python or another scripting language; familiarity with SQL and Pandas * Knowledge of Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks * Experience automating security detection and response * Ability to lead in complex, ambiguous situations through influence * Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) preferred * Ability to work calmly in high-stress situations and collaborate cross-functionally Key requirements * remote work eligibility * bonus possibility * equity * benefits * Employee Travel Credits * paid time off (implied by benefits)


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