Sr. Engineer, Detection and Response

Strategic Vision: You can define and deliver a program from the ground up, setting direction, executing plans, and tracking results.

Collaboration: You collaborate with teams across engineering, platform, and security to close gaps and strengthen our defensive posture.

Technical Skills: You write Python code, craft and tune detection logic, and work hands-on with SIEM platforms to improve coverage and accuracy.

Eye for Improvement: You design processes that work across the company, automate repetitive tasks, and use metrics to guide improvements.

Incident Experience: You can lead complex incident investigations, coordinating response and ensuring learnings turn into long-term fixes.

Good Communicator: You tailor your message for engineers, leaders, and other stakeholders to make security actions clear and achievable.

Remote-Ready: You use asynchronous communication effectively with a globally-distributed team, and know how to keep projects moving without constant meetings.

Compensation
$170.7K – $256.1K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
We believe all Zapiens should be rewarded competitively and equitably, using practices that are simple and transparent. This philosophy ensures we’re able to find, grow, and retain exceptional people from a broad range of backgrounds. Here’s how we define our compensation principles:

Competitive: Zapier pays well among the technology sector.

Equitable: Consistent pay practices; Pay for impact

Simple: Pay is well understood, and pay practices are built for scale.

Transparent: Zapiens know how pay works, including how their pay is determined.

A Candidate's compensation package is finalized once the interview process is concluded and accounts for demonstrated experience, job knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal equity. We use a business impact approach to base pay, which means we set pay for all Zapiens based on their demonstrated impact on Zapier’s success. In alignment with that philosophy, the upper half of a pay range is typically reserved for individuals who have consistently demonstrated a high impact in their current role and level while at Zapier.