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# Security Engineer, Detection & Response at Sentry

Department: Security

Compensation

$150,000 – $200,000/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: San Francisco, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Aug 26, 2026

## Description

Sentry is hiring a Security Engineer to own detection engineering systems, investigate and respond to security incidents, maintain identity and access management systems, and research emerging threats in a complex application and cloud environment. The role spans detection and response, corporate security, incident response, automation, and defensive security tooling, with Python and agentic development workflows preferred. Candidates should have 2–5 years of relevant security experience, a degree or equivalent training, and familiarity with cloud, identity, and security technologies. The base salary is $150,000 to $200,000 USD, with eligibility for employee benefits including group health insurance.

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