Detection & CorpSec Engineer (Remote)

Requirements:

• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's "coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, detection engineering, or a closely related field
• Hands-on experience building or maintaining SIEM infrastructure and writing detection rules
• Experience with endpoint security tools (e.g. CrowdStrike or similar EDR platforms)
• Strong Python engineering skills with a track record of writing production code reviewed and shipped alongside software engineering teams
• Experience conducting security incident investigations, including malware analysis, log review, and timeline reconstruction and threat modeling
• Experience with corporate security controls, identity management, endpoint protection, and access control enforcement

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with SIEM/SOAR options such as Elastic/Splunk or alternatives
• Familiarity with identity platforms such as Okta
• Strong understanding of authentication technology such as OAuth, Yubikey and Passkey
• Experience with Zero-Trust network architecture or VPN implementation
• Demonstrated use of AI coding tools to build or automate security workflows
• Experience in a small security team or fast-paced startup environment
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native security tooling

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a SIEM to collect and analyze logs from across corporate and production systems; write and deploy detections and alerts to identify malicious behavior
• Design and deploy canary tokens and early warning mechanisms to detect threats before they reach critical assets
• Investigate security incidents end-to-end — including malware analysis, exfiltration assessment, and timeline reconstruction — and build runbooks to scale response capabilities
• Partner with IT to define and enforce security standards across the employee device fleet, including endpoint protection, managed device requirements, OS compliance, and VPN access controls
• Drive the PoC and implementation of Zero-Trust VPN and other corporate security infrastructure
• Provide security guidance and advisory support to non-engineering functions across the organization

Perks and Benefits:

• Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. Benefits are country-specific and may vary.
• US candidates only: For US based applicants, the salary range is $172,279 - $249,640 USD + equity + benefits.
• Canada candidates only: For Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the salary range is $220,272 - $255,347 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the salary range is $205,587 - $238,324 CAD + equity + benefits.