Staff Security Engineer, Threat Hunting

Twilio•,

75d•$155,520 - $228,700•Remote

About The Position

Twilio is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join its Threat Detection and Response team. The role focuses on solving complex technical security challenges in partnership with R&D Engineering and R&D Business teams. The engineer will help build bespoke and standard security tooling, improve threat mitigation and incident response capabilities, and automate security processes as the global team and program scale. The position is remote, though it is not eligible for hiring in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, or Washington. Occasional travel may be required for project or team meetings, and employees may be asked to attend in-person gatherings, off-sites, or customer meetings on an ad-hoc basis. The role may be eligible for Twilio’s equity and corporate bonus plans. The successful candidate’s starting salary depends on permissible factors such as skills, experience, and location. Applications are intended to be accepted until October 9, subject to change based on business needs.

Requirements

At least 3 years of security engineering experience in a production cloud environment.
Subject-matter expertise in security issues and technologies.
Experience designing and building AI agents and agentic workflows.
Ability to use AI for comprehensive, complex threat hunting and deliver high-fidelity detections.
Experience detecting and responding to next-generation artificial intelligence threats using MITRE ATLAS or a similar framework.
Advanced knowledge of service-oriented architectures and experience with security tools and technologies suited to cloud environments.
Experience working across a technology stack on difficult security challenges and initiatives.
Experience with SIEM platforms and extending their functionality.
Experience with SOAR tools and automating manual security processes.
Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or another large cloud platform.

Nice To Haves

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to influence and build effective working relationships at every level of the organization.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Participate in daily operations, including the on-call rotation, designing and developing performant detective tooling and automation, threat modeling applications and systems, and incident response activities.
Help align the Detection and Response vision and strategy, and develop and deliver multi-year roadmaps, programs, and projects, including prioritization, resourcing, and timely execution.
Collaborate across teams to understand and address challenges involving a broad range of threat actors and activity.
Identify areas for improvement in the business and Incident Response program, taking company and organizational objectives into account.
Conduct technology and security research and architecture reviews to understand the Twilio platform and how best to defend it.
Build systems and services that make complex security problems simple and frictionless.
Build and maintain positive relationships with internal customers to identify and facilitate solutions that increase the impact of the team’s work.
Provide mentorship, support, and care that enable long-term career development and team success.