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Senior Staff Security Engineer

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Senior Staff Security Engineer in USA

  • Robinhood
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical creation and execution of Robinhood’s Security Operations AI roadmap for offensive and defensive operations.
  • Lead offensive security research involving red teaming, penetration testing, application security, and attack-surface reduction.
  • Architect and build intelligent defensive systems that detect, deceive, and track sophisticated and AI-powered threat actors.
  • Drive an AI-forward security strategy and develop synthetic-workforce capabilities for Security Operations.
  • Identify emerging threat-actor motivations and attack patterns, particularly in AI-related threats, and translate intelligence into defensive architectures.
  • Set technical standards and mentor security engineers across Security Operations.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of security engineering experience across offensive security and defensive security disciplines.
  • Demonstrated success implementing AI-driven improvements in Security Operations beyond chatbot use cases.
  • Technical leadership at the Senior Staff, Principal, or Distinguished level with organization-wide or company-wide security impact.
  • Deep application security expertise and the ability to work as both a security engineer and software engineer.
  • Strong experience with threat detection, incident response, detection engineering, and security operations.
  • Informed perspective on how AI changes security attack surfaces and defensive capabilities.
  • Proficiency with cloud infrastructure security, preferably AWS, telemetry and observability tooling, and large-scale detection pipelines.
  • Exceptional technical communication skills for executive briefings and detailed engineering collaboration.
  • OSCP, GREM, GXPN, or equivalent security certifications are preferred.

Benefits

  • Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
  • 100% paid employee health insurance and 90% dependent coverage, plus life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
  • Employee Fund access for eligible US employees, lifestyle wallet, paid holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
  • Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces in the office.
  • Based in Menlo Park, New York City, or Bellevue, with in-person attendance required at least three days per week.

Salary: $247k - $290k/yr

Robinhood

Robinhood builds a trading platform that democratizes finance, making it accessible to everyone. Targeting a younger, tech-savvy audience, it simplifies the investment process and empowers users to manage their wealth effectively. What sets Robinhood apart is its commitment to breaking down barri...

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