Job brief: Security Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Mixpanel'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.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Mixpanel's board gives for this job.
• 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: $160,000 to $210,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · San Francisco · Remote, US
• Posted: 2026-11-06

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

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5 years of experience.

Must have

• 3-5 years of experience in security engineering, security operations, detection and response, or a related role
• GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, OSCP, or similar certification
• The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations.

Conditions

• Detection and monitoring: Build, tune, and maintain detections in our SIEM across cloud, identity, endpoint, and application logs, and cut false positives so on-call time goes to …
• On-call: Take part in the security on-call rotation.
• First 3 months: You understand our environment, log sources, and vulnerability pipeline, triage incoming findings and alerts on your own, and have joined the on-call rotation.
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays

Main duties

• Vulnerability management: Triage findings from vulnerability scanners, penetration tests, bug bounty reports, and dependency tooling. Validate exploitability…
• Remediation with engineering: Work with engineering teams to agree on fixes and timelines, track each vulnerability through to closure within SLA, and escala…
• Detection and monitoring: Build, tune, and maintain detections in our SIEM across cloud, identity, endpoint, and application logs, and cut false positives so…
• AI-assisted security operations: Use AI tools (e.g. Claude Code) to speed up alert triage, enrich investigations, write and test detection logic, and automat…
• Incident response: Investigate and respond to security incidents from first alert through containment, eradication, and recovery, and write clear post-incide…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA: $196k a year (681 listings, 41 employers). This listing is 5% lower.
• Across Mixpanel's 27 open listings, 19% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Mixpanel hires

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