Security Engineer - Threat Detection & Response

Remitly is on a mission to transform the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial products and services on the planet. Since 2011, we have been tirelessly delivering on our promises to immigrants sending their hard earned money home. Today, we are incredibly proud to have served millions of customers globally with Remitly and our newly launched Passbook app to provide immigrants access to banking. We strive daily to meet our promise to our customers by building peace of mind into everything we do. Join over 2,200 employees across 8 offices who are growing their careers while having a positive impact on people globally.

The Role

We're searching for an experienced Security Engineer to join Remitly's Threat Detection & Response Team. This role will help the team build out and own tools and capabilities and help advance the D&R program at Remitly.

You'll accomplish this with a "detection as code" engineering mindset and partner closely with other team members and stakeholders in external teams. Your work will directly impact the security of Remitly data and help to safeguard our users.

What You'll Do

• Design and build logging and alerting systems to detect and investigate potentially malicious activity
• Create and tune analytics to proactively detect threats with high quality ATT&CK coverage and low false positive rates
• Investigate and triage interesting or suspicious events
• Drive incident response efforts across cross-functional teams
• Help define and execute threat detection and response strategy

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience in security or systems engineering
• 3+ years of experience of those in threat detection or threat response, preferably in a cloud-first environment (IaaS, PaaS, Saas)
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline OR equivalent practical experience
• Able to lead in complex operating environments, sometimes in high stress situations
• Experience building and automating threat detection analytics and threat hunting methodologies
• Know what the MITRE ATT&CK framework is and how to apply it
• Strong alignment to our mission and values
• Strong attention to detail, operates with a high degree of discretion
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Our Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off
• Health, dental, and vision benefits + 401k plan with company matching
• Company contributions to your HSA or FSA plan, if you choose one
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) available for eligible employees
• Continuing education and corridor travel benefits

Remitly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Remitly. We are committed to nondiscrimination across our global organization and in all of our business operations. Employment is determined based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status or status as an honorably discharge/veteran, pregnancy (including a woman's potential to get pregnant, pregnancy-related conditions, and childbearing), sexual orientation, age (40 and over), national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical, mental, or sensory disability (including the use of a trained dog guide or service animal), HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C status, genetic information, status as an actual or perceived victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other protected class as established by law.

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