# Security Engineer, Detect & Respond at Betterment

- Company: Betterment
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Betterment HQ - New York City
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Security
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Skills: Platform Engineering
- Apply: https://www.betterment.com/careers/current-openings/job?gh_jid=8211928&gh_jid=8211928

## Description

About Betterment
 Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. We're headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).
 About the Role: 
 As a Security Engineer on the Detect and Respond team at Betterment, you'll help keep our customers and their money safe by building and operating the detection capabilities our security team depends on every day. You'll work alongside experienced engineers on a team that takes software quality seriously, writing reliable alerts, building integrations, contributing to incident response, and improving the on-call experience.
 This role is a great fit for an engineer who has a security foundation and wants to grow their craft in a collaborative, engineering-forward environment.
 This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.
• New York City: $145,000 - $180,000
 This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bon

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