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Security Software Engineer (L4), Detection Engineering

Netflix

Location

USA

Type

Full-time

Posted

4/22/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate Entry-Level
Approval 98.4%·Filings 128·New hires 57·
💎 Strong Sponsor
·FY 2025

Job description

Netflix is seeking an experienced detection engineer to enhance their detection frameworks and minimize risks by identifying malicious behavior. The role involves collaborating with various teams to create effective detection strategies and automations in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

  • Comfortable working across the information security domain, with familiarity in endpoint, email, network, identity management, cloud security, vulnerability management, incident response, and/or threat intelligence
  • Hands-on experience analyzing and responding to security events, such as conducting log analysis, developing queries and analytics, troubleshooting security issues, and/or correlating complex data sets
  • Ability to identify trends, insights, and relationships between internal and external data and intelligence sources to provide recommended risk mitigation
  • Experience implementing, using, and configuring common security tools
  • Experience writing detections at scale using a detection-as-code approach
  • Ability to script and develop automations, preferably using Python and SQL, in a cloud-based environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, proactively informing stakeholders and operating with little oversight
  • Ability to operate across teams and disciplines in a highly ambiguous and rapidly changing environment
  • Ability to work well with others and partner effectively with all stakeholders
  • Comfortable working on ambitious projects with a very small, tight-knit team
  • Experience applying GenAI technologies to automate security operations is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Analyze high-risk attack paths that could impact Netflix and create focused detections to reduce risk
  • Collaborate with stakeholder teams and utilize domain expertise to enhance detection capabilities
  • Create and continually improve detections that run on Netflix's platforms
  • Proactively surface malicious or anomalous behavior to identify attacker presence or activity
  • Generate the largest impact and benefits for Netflix using a risk-based prioritization mindset

Benefits

  • Employees at Netflix are often offered flexible, people-first benefits—unlimited time away, generous parental leave, global family-forming support, mental-health programs (mindfulness, free counseling/coaching), and health coverage tailored by country. Financially, Netflix pays at personal top-of-market and lets employees choose their mix of cash vs. fully-vested 10-year stock options, alongside donation and volunteer matching. Convenience perks can include trust-based travel/expense policies, relocation support, and “Work, Not Drive” rideshare flexibility.

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