Job brief: Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response

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• Listed on Twilio's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-07 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $141,520 to $208,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - US
• Posted: 2026-07-17 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply.
• Proven experience: 5+ years of security incident response in a production-cloud environment
• For this role, you may be required to travel occasionally to participate in project or team in-person meetings.
• Additionally, Twilio participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Conditions

• Draw the Owl : Own the security incident lifecycle, respond to incidents and participate in on-call rotation and participate in RCAs for security incidents.

Main duties

• Be an Owner : Lead and support the response to all security events and incidents across Twilio’s complex global infrastructure, services and applications.
• Write It Down : Be responsible for documentation of incidents and projects you work on and craft best practices as runbooks and standard operating procedures…
• Wear the customer’s shoes : Work cross-collaboratively to understand and help solve challenges related to a broad spectrum of threat actors and activity.
• Ruthlessly Prioritize: Work to improve Twilio’s security and reliability posture by driving identified betterments from security events and incidents.
• Don’t Settle : Rapidly acquire new technical skills and knowledge in a fast-paced, highly disruptive industry environment.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs across the U.S.: $140k a year (3,403 listings, 148 employers). This listing is 25% higher.
• Across Twilio's 46 open listings, 24% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Twilio hires

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