Skip to content
← Replit

Security Engineer - Incident Response

Replit · Foster City, CA

CHECKED 22H AGO

Applied AIremote$230k–$360k
Apply on the lab’s site ↗

At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead security incidents end-to-end as commander from first signal to recovery.
  • Defend a fast-moving cloud-native AI vibe-coding platform used by millions.
  • Turn incident lessons into stronger detections, playbooks, and hardening.

What they offer

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • 401(k) with 4% match (US only)
  • Health, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible time off plus holidays
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Quarterly team gatherings
  • Autonomous work environment

Ideal candidate

Incident-driven security engineer who stays calm under pressure and owns investigations end-to-end. Curious, collaborative, and motivated to automate response and harden platforms so the next incident is faster.

Requirements

  • Lead security incidents as commander or technical lead in cloud or SaaS environments
  • Hands-on investigation with SIEM, cloud audit logs, and large datasets under pressure
  • Write production-quality Python, Go, or Bash scripts for investigation and automation
  • Strong cloud security knowledge, especially GCP IAM, audit logging, GKE, and networking
  • Investigate and contain compromised Kubernetes and container workloads
  • Understand identity systems, SaaS architectures, and cloud attack paths
  • Familiar with engineering fundamentals, CI/CD, and package ecosystems
  • Know IR lifecycle such as NIST 800-61, vulnerability lifecycle, and exploitability analysis

Lab profile

About Replit

Agentic software creation platform enabling anyone to build apps with natural language.

What they build

  • Replit Agent
  • Replit Mobile App
  • Agentic commerce platform

Known for

  • Natural-language app creation
  • AI models and agentic workflows
  • Scalable infrastructure serving millions
  • Democratizing software development

Key facts

  • Millions of users worldwide
More about Replit →
Apply on the lab’s site ↗