Detection Engineering Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

AI Security - Principal Security Research Engineer I

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$301k – $476k

Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering)

Confluent

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$242k – $319k

Detection & CorpSec Engineer

2mo

Quora

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$172k – $250k

Security Engineer, Detection & Response

2mo

Liftoff

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$172k – $240k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteCanada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Security Engineer, Security Operations

2mo

ServiceNow

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$312k – $494k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manager, ITRMS Cyber Defense and Analytics

Merck

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Cloud Security Engineer

iCapital

OnsiteLisbon, Portugal

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior SOC Analyst — Advanced Incident Response & CrowdStrike Engineering

Biogen

HybridResearch Triangle Park, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$115k – $154k

Security Engineer

METR

HybridBerkeley, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridAustin, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Manager - Detection and Response Engineering

11d

Gong

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Security Engineer, Detection Response

26d

Vercel

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$208k – $312k

Senior Security Analyst I

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$141k – $176k

Senior Security Analyst I

1mo

HybridBoston, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$141k – $176k

Senior Security Software Engineer

1mo

Bumble

HybridAustin, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$190k – $215k

Infrastructure Security Engineer

1mo

Opendoor

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Security Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$175k – $220k

Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response

1mo

HybridBoston, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$142k – $212k

Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response

1mo

HybridDenver, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$142k – $212k

Cloud Security Engineer

1mo

HybridLondon, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cloud Security Engineer

1mo

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Detection & Response Engineering Manager

2mo

Beyond Finance

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$150k – $180k

Security Engineer, Detection & Response

1mo

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$300k – $405k

Senior Security Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Security - Nodes & Sensors

2mo

HybridZürich, Switzerland

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response Platform

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Senior Security Engineer II

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

HybridAustin, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Detection Engineering on this page include SecurityScorecard, Braze, and Elastic. Detection Engineering roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Detection Engineering is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Detection Engineering roles span the full seniority range — we list 46 open roles requiring Detection Engineering across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Detection Engineering hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Detection Engineering roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Detection Engineering candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Detection Engineering on current listings.

Manager, Security Operations Center

Huntress

RemoteAustralia

60 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

macOS / Container Security - Security Research Engineer

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

AI Security - Principal Security Research Engineer I

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$301k – $476k

Senior Manager, Detection & Response (Security Engineering)

Confluent

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$242k – $319k

Detection & CorpSec Engineer

2mo

Quora

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$172k – $250k

Security Engineer, Detection & Response

2mo

Liftoff

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$172k – $240k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteCanada

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Security Engineer, Security Operations

2mo

ServiceNow

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$312k – $494k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manager, ITRMS Cyber Defense and Analytics

Merck

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Cloud Security Engineer

iCapital

OnsiteLisbon, Portugal

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior SOC Analyst — Advanced Incident Response & CrowdStrike Engineering

Biogen

HybridResearch Triangle Park, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$115k – $154k

Security Engineer

METR

HybridBerkeley, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridAustin, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Cloud Security Engineer II

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Manager - Detection and Response Engineering

11d

Gong

HybridTel Aviv, Israel

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Security Engineer, Detection Response

26d

Vercel

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$208k – $312k

Senior Security Analyst I

1mo

HybridSeattle, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$141k – $176k

Senior Security Analyst I

1mo

HybridBoston, USA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$141k – $176k

Senior Security Software Engineer

1mo

Bumble

HybridAustin, USA

60 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$190k – $215k

Infrastructure Security Engineer

1mo

Opendoor

HybridMiami, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Security Engineer

1mo

Sigma Computing

HybridSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$175k – $220k

Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response

1mo

HybridBoston, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$142k – $212k

Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response

1mo

HybridDenver, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$142k – $212k

Cloud Security Engineer

1mo

HybridLondon, UK

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Cloud Security Engineer

1mo

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Detection & Response Engineering Manager

2mo

Beyond Finance

HybridChicago, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$150k – $180k

Security Engineer, Detection & Response

1mo

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$300k – $405k

Senior Security Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Security - Nodes & Sensors

2mo

HybridZürich, Switzerland

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response Platform

2mo

HybridSan Francisco +3 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $405k

Senior Security Engineer II

HybridNew York City, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$149k – $235k

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

1mo