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Detection Engineer, Protective Services

DoorDash USAUnited States - Remote 315 Security Engineering
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Salary
$130,600 — $192K USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Mid · 3+ yrs
Posted
28 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This remote position is for a Detection Engineer, Protective Services at DoorDash USA, focusing on building technical capabilities to identify threats to protected individuals. The role suits a hands-on engineer with a background in security operations or threat intelligence who enjoys working across code, queries, and production systems.

Role Overview

DoorDash USA seeks a full-time Detection Engineer for the Protective Services team on a remote basis within the United States. This position involves building detection capabilities, data pipelines, and automation to spot risks across various telemetry sources, such as endpoints, cloud environments, marketplace activity, and open-source information. The professional in this role reports to the Engineering Manager, Protective Services, and takes part in an on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities

Translate threat intelligence, observed behavior, and incidents into production detections that minimize noise and surface risk.
Build, test, deploy, maintain, and tune detections and supporting pipelines utilizing source-controlled engineering practices.
Correlate signals across marketplace activity, enterprise telemetry, physical security events, OSINT, and support interactions.
Apply rules, statistical methods, machine learning, and LLM-based techniques to improve detection quality and context.
Investigate alerts by querying data, validating hypotheses, and assessing scope in partnership with Protective Services.
Participate in major investigations and on-call rotations while clearly communicating signal limitations.
Contribute to technical documentation, standards, automation, and reviews to enhance the reliability of the detection function.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of experience in detection engineering, security operations engineering, threat hunting, incident response, technical threat intelligence, or software engineering applied to security.
Experience contributing to production detection pipelines using monitoring, deployment, testing, source control, and review practices.
Proficiency in SQL or a security query language alongside coding abilities in Python, Go, or another relevant language.
Analytical skills to explore unfamiliar datasets, assess data quality, and turn threat information into testable hypotheses.
Experience triaging alerts, correlating data sources, and assessing confidence and scope.
Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK or D3FEND.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

Exposure to identity, endpoint, cloud, marketplace, physical security, OSINT, or unstructured data.
Familiarity with machine learning or LLM-based techniques for automation and analytics.
Experience with Snowflake, Cortex, or Google SecOps.

Skills and Tools

Python
Go
SQL
Snowflake
Cortex
Google SecOps
MITRE ATT&CK
D3FEND

Salary and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $130,600 to $192,000 USD, localized according to the work location. In addition to base pay, compensation includes opportunities for equity grants. Comprehensive benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, medical, dental, and vision coverage, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a mental health program, flexible paid time off, and 80 hours of paid sick time per year for salaried roles.

About the Company

DoorDash is an on-demand logistics platform operating across more than 40 countries with tens of thousands of employees. The company provides a technology platform that connects consumers, merchants, and delivery workers, empowering local economies and expanding from food delivery to broader goods.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonGoSQLSnowflakeCortexGoogle SecOpsLLMMachine Learning

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This is a remote position based in the United States.

What is the salary range for this role?

The national base salary range is $130,600 to $192,000 USD, with base pay localized by work location and supplemented by equity grants.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have 3 or more years of experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, security operations engineering, technical threat intelligence, or related software engineering.

What programming languages are needed?

Proficiency in SQL or a security query language is required, along with the ability to write maintainable code in Python, Go, or another relevant language.

Does this role require on-call duties?

Yes, this position participates in an on-call rotation and supports major investigations.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official DoorDash USA careers page.

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