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Detection engineer jobs

Open roles titled detection engineer, taken every hour from the employers' own careers systems, newest first. Each opens the full posting, with the salary range it gives.

67
open roles
$161k–$326k
a year, typical
44
employers
22
remote
Roles read 11 Nov 2026, 23:07 UTC

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Detection engineer roles

A role is listed under the most specific job its title names: a senior cloud security engineer is under cloud security engineer, a director of security engineering under security director.

Employers

Who is hiring

Employers with open detection engineer roles
EmployerRoles
CrowdStrike4
Fastly3
Flexport3
SpaceX3
Wiz3
Anthropic2
CoreWeave2
Coupang2
DoorDash2
Klaviyo2
Nebius2
Notion2
Nscale2
Roblox2
SentinelOne2

Places

The cities in their postings

Open detection engineer roles by city
City or stateRoles
San Francisco Bay Area20
California17
New York9
Seattle6
London6
Tel Aviv3
Washington DC area3
Los Angeles2
Boston2
Denver2

Specialties

The work behind the title

Open detection engineer roles by specialty
SpecialtyRoles
Security Operations & Incident Response63
Cloud Security2
Threat Intelligence & Security Research2

Questions

Detection engineer jobs, from the postings

How many detection engineer openings does the board hold today?

67 at 44 employers at the board's last read, 22 of them (33%) listed as remote.

What salary do detection engineer postings give?

The open detection engineer postings that state a salary give a typical $161k–$326k/yr, with the middle at $198k/yr. That places it 11th of the 18 security jobs the board ranks by pay.

Which companies are hiring for detection engineer roles?

CrowdStrike (4), Fastly (3), Flexport (3), SpaceX (3), Wiz (3), Anthropic (2) have the most open now.

Where are most detection engineer roles based?

San Francisco Bay Area (20), California (17), New York (9), Seattle (6), London (6) name the most in their postings; 22 can be done remotely.

Pay by seniority and city: the SOC Analyst salary page. Every title side by side: security jobs ranked by salary.

Other job titles: Security engineer, Security analyst, SOC analyst, Cloud security engineer, Application security engineer, Security architect, Penetration tester and red team, Incident response, Threat intelligence analyst, Security researcher, IAM engineer, GRC and compliance, Principal and staff security engineer, Security manager, Security director, CISO and VP of security.

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