Detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
34 open roles for detection engineers in San Francisco Bay Area as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, CoreWeave, Block, Box and Cerebras have the most. 1 is remote and the median advertised salary is $238K.
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- Threat Detection and Response Engineering ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetesOpenAI APIIncident response
- Staff Product Management, Threat DetectionBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$217K - $272KLead and aboveMachine LearningThreat intelligenceSIEM
- Senior Security Operations / Detection EngineerLitellm · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $280KSeniorPythonLLMIncident response
- Security engineer, detection and responseWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$132K - $240KHybridPythonDistributed trainingIncident response
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorRustGoPython
- Security Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemoteSQLAI agentsData quality
- Detection and Response EngineerBraintrust · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonTypeScriptGCP
- Staff Detection & Response EngineerTypeface · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$210K - $240KLead and abovePythonGCPAzure
- Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseBrainco · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$190K - $325KHybridKubernetes
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $300KRustGoPython
- Director of Detection and ResponseHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$280K - $385KHybridLead and aboveIncident responseThreat intelligenceDigital forensics
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseServal · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $325K
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection EngineeringFastly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$181K - $217KSeniorPythonGCPLLM
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorPythonSQLIncident response
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$185K - $280KHybridPythonSQLGCP
- Senior Detection and Response EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridSeniorPythonSQL.NET
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection EngineerCoreWeave · 🇺🇸New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA$134K - $179KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Manager, Security Operations - Detection Engineering & Incident ResponsePure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$253K - $309KSeniorAzureCI/CDAWS
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseAircall.io, Inc. · 🇺🇸New York Office; San Francisco Office; Seattle Office$180K - $220KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Security Operations Analyst (Detection & Response)Point Digital Finance, Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$151K - $167KSeniorPythonLLMAWS
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseFlexport · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$206K - $252KSeniorGoPythonLLM
- Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseAssorthealth · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $185KHybridIncident responseSOC 2SIEM
- Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$150K - $200KHybridPythonDockerTerraform
- Director Product Manager - Okta Identity Threat Detection and Response ProductsOkta · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$226K - $349KLead and aboveMachine LearningAgileIAM
- Incident Manager - Detection & ResponseAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$290K - $365KIncident response
- Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$185K - $250KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Detection and Response EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorGoPythonSQL
- Member of Technical Staff, SecOps & Threat Detection EngineerEnvoy · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$265K - $300KGoPythonAWS
- Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponseVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, London$208K - $312KHybridRustGoPython
- Senior Detection & Response Engineer, Cyber DefenseNscale · 🇺🇸New York; San Francisco; Seattle$160K - $190KSeniorGCPLLMLinux
- Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response PlatformVerkada · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA United States$200K - $300KLead and aboveGoPythonAWS
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseFal Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $250KGCPLLMLinux
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection EngineeringCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$165K - $242KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Wash…$300K - $405KPythonSQLLLM
Who is hiring for detection engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area
Where detection engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area are
- 🇺🇸United States34
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area34
- 🇺🇸California34
- 🇺🇸New York, NY9
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA6
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC3
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO1
- 🇨🇦Canada1
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL1
- 🇨🇦Toronto1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
- How many detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open right now?
- There are 34 open detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at 31 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (3), CoreWeave (2), OpenAI (1), Box (1) and Litellm (1). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- 1 of the 34 open detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (3%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area pay?
- The median advertised salary is $238K, based on 32 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $204K and $282K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- 0 of the 34 open detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 19 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 31 companies are hiring and 2 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- 16 of the 34 open detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (47%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning. Employers still list 34 such roles today at 31 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area ask for?
- Most often Python (65%), Incident response (62%), AWS (47%), Threat intelligence (44%), SIEM (38%) of the 34 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- Security Engineer (9), Senior Security Engineer (7), Senior Detection and Response Engineer (2): the most common titles among the 34 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area in demand in 2026?
- 34 detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 31 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 2 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $238K. 1 (3%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for detection engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
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