Detection engineer jobs in the United States
95 open roles for detection engineers in the United States as of Nov 15, 2026. Huntress, SpaceX, Anthropic, CoreWeave and Klaviyo have the most. 22 are remote and the median advertised salary is $212K.
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Skills asked for in detection engineer roles in the United States
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- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseKlaviyo · 🇺🇸Boston · +2 more locations—SeniorGoPythonSQL
- Threat Detection and Response Engineering ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetesOpenAI APIIncident response
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- Senior Security Automation Software EngineerEpic Games · 🇺🇸Cary,North Carolina,United States—SeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Incident Commander, Detection & Response - USOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$347K - $510KRemoteIncident response
- AI Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseOura · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$151K - $178KRemotePythonGCPAzure
- Staff Product Management, Threat DetectionBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$217K - $272KLead and aboveMachine LearningThreat intelligenceSIEM
- Staff Security Engineer, Detection EngineeringCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA$207K - $275KLead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseAngi · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$150K - $225KRemoteSeniorPythonTerraformLLM
- Senior Security Operations / Detection EngineerLitellm · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $280KSeniorPythonLLMIncident response
- SIEM Subject Matter Expert (Splunk)Accenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$110K - $224K
- Security engineer, detection and responseWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$132K - $240KHybridPythonDistributed trainingIncident response
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorRustGoPython
- Threat Detection & Response Engineer IIITrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$120K - $165KPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response (SOC)PrizePicks · 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA preferred, Remote$160K - $175KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Principal Product Marketing Manager - Managed EDRHuntress · 🇺🇸United States of America$180K - $210KLead and aboveEDRPerformance marketingProduct marketing
- Security Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemoteSQLAI agentsData quality
- Senior Threat Detection & Response Analyst IIICLEAR - Corporate · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$145K - $170KSenior
- Detection and Response EngineerBraintrust · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonTypeScriptGCP
- Engineering Manager, EDRHorizon3ai · 🇺🇸US, Remote$225K - $265KRemoteLLMKafka
- Security Detection EngineerWhoop · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$130K - $170KGoPythonMachine Learning
- Security Automation EngineerOneapp · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$130K - $170KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Detection & Response EngineerTypeface · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$210K - $240KLead and abovePythonGCPAzure
- Staff Engineer, Detection and ResponseApollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$184K - $264KRemoteLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform
- Sr. Security Analyst (Threat Detection)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$130K - $195KSeniorLinuxGIACOSCP
- Director, Threat Detection & ResponseNAB NorthAB · 🇺🇸US - Remote$175K - $235KRemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureLinux
- 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 · +1 more location$280K - $385KHybridLead and aboveIncident responseThreat intelligenceDigital forensics
- Senior Threat Detection EngineerCribl · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$108K - $169KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- 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
- Cybersecurity Incident Response & Threat Detection AnalystHorizon Industries · 🇺🇸Columbus, OH—Python
- Siem Content DeveloperHorizon Industries · 🇺🇸Columbus, OH—Python
- Cybersecurity Engineer ( Splunk SOAR, Axonius, or Archer)Horizon Industries · 🇺🇸Columbus, OH or Richmond, VA—Python
- Senior Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorPythonSQLIncident response
- Security Engineer, Detection and ResponsePaxos · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$169K - $194KRemotePythonBashApplication security
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat DetectionSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - Seattle · +2 more locations$158K - $238KRemoteSeniorGoPythonSQL
- 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
- Staff Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseMaven Clinic · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Remote, US (Hub cities)$221K - $299KRemoteLead and aboveLLMCISSPGIAC
- Detection & Response EngineerBeyond Finance · 🇺🇸Chicago, IL (Hybrid)$100K - $120KHybridCI/CDDatadogInfrastructure as code
- Senior Detection & Security Automation EngineerPrecisely US Jobs · 🇺🇸United States—Senior
- Senior Director of Product Management, Endpoint Security & XDRElastic · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $379KLead and aboveLinuxElasticsearchAI agents
- Security Automation EngineerCoupang · 🇺🇸Seattle, USA—PythonLLMCI/CD
- Athletic/Non Athletic EDR - Wayne, PACCRES, Educational & Behavioral Health Services · 🇺🇸Wayne, Delaware County, United States—EDR
- Applied Cyber, Email Security (Detection Engineering)Doppel · 🇺🇸US Remote$120K - $180KRemoteLLM
- 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
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Who is hiring for detection engineer roles in the United States
Where detection engineer roles in the United States are
- 🇺🇸United States95
- 🇺🇸California38
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area34
- 🇺🇸New York, NY16
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA14
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC7
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA5
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL2
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO1
- 🇨🇦Canada1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What detection engineer roles in the United States pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $186K | 33 |
| Senior | $198K | 26 |
| Lead and above | $244K | 21 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about detection engineer jobs in the United States
- How many detection engineer jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 95 open detection engineer jobs in the United States at 73 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 9 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 the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Huntress (5), SpaceX (4), Klaviyo (3), CoreWeave (3) and Anthropic (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote detection engineer jobs in the United States?
- 22 of the 95 open detection engineer jobs in the United States (23%) 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 the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 80 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $172K and $256K. 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 the United States?
- 0 of the 95 open detection engineer jobs in the United States (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 53 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 73 companies are hiring and 9 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 the United States?
- 36 of the 95 open detection engineer jobs in the United States (38%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 95 such roles today at 73 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do detection engineer jobs in the United States ask for?
- Most often Python (63%), Incident response (52%), Threat intelligence (43%), AWS (41%), SIEM (38%) of the 95 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in detection engineer jobs in the United States?
- Senior Security Engineer (16), Security Engineer (11), Senior Detection and Response Engineer (4), Staff Security Engineer (3), Security Automation Engineer (3): the most common titles among the 95 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are detection engineer jobs in the United States in demand in 2026?
- 95 detection engineer jobs in the United States are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 73 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 9 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $212K. 22 (23%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for detection engineer jobs in the United States?
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