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[Remote] Sr. Security Engineer

Remote · Senegal Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global company that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and activities. The Sr. Security Engineer will play a key role in the Threat Detection and Response team, focusing on automating security detection and responding to incidents while mentoring team members. This position involves building and optimizing security capabilities to enhance Airbnb's overall security posture.

Responsibilities

  • Perform investigations of security incidents using your knowledge of digital forensics and data analytics
  • Use your coding, data analytics and investigation skills to hunt, detect and respond to threats
  • Build automation and detection models to support identification of anomalous activity and response activities to mitigate threats at scale
  • Hunt for threats in our corporate and production environments to proactively identify anomalous activity
  • Work side by side with our engineering teams to build advanced detection solutions to help keep systems and information safe and partner closely with partner teams to carry out complex investigations
  • Identify gaps in our infrastructure and work with business partners to gain visibility through logging and detection
  • Collaborate well with cross-functional partner teams, such as Legal, Privacy, and Engineering for efficient, large-scale response

Skills

  • 5+ years of hands-on in-depth knowledge and technical experience in security operations including investigations, incident response, incident management, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and/or detection engineering
  • Proficiency in Python or other scripting language
  • Ability to lead people in complex, ambiguous situations through influence and not authority
  • Ability to work calmly and collaboratively in critical high-stress situations with expediency
  • Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills
  • Knowledge and familiarity of the Cyber Kill Chain Framework and MITRE ATT&CK Framework and how these apply to the threat landscape
  • Experience automating security detection and response
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch
  • Experience in AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS)

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K

Company Overview

  • Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.airbnb.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 59 in 2026, 234 in 2025, 176 in 2024, 160 in 2023, 270 in 2022, 250 in 2021, 274 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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