Senior Application Threat Detection Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Application Threat Detection Engineer to join the Platform Security Group.

This is a senior, hands-on role with end-to-end ownership over application layer threat detection in a high-scale SaaS environment. The role combines real-time alert triage, deep application security expertise, data-driven detection engineering and production-grade development.

You will identify, investigate, and mitigate threats across the application and API layers while building scalable detection mechanisms using large-scale telemetry and behavioral analysis.

• 5+ years of experience
• Advanced SQL proficiency (mandatory).
• Solid programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript (mandatory).
• Solid Application Security experience, API security and application-layer threat detection.
• Experience building or implementing security detections.
• Experience triaging and investigating security alerts in production environments.
• Exposure to behavioral detection or ML-based detection systems.

Advantages

• Experience working in a SaaS company.
• Hands-on experience deploying and tuning WAF solutions.
• Development experience in backend services or production systems.
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS/GCP).
• Background in leading initiatives or mentoring others.