Security Engineer - Incident Response
Replit · Foster City, CA
CHECKED 22H AGO
Applied AIremote$230k–$360k
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