Join Twitch as a Security Incident Response Engineer to protect the community and solve complex security challenges.
Posted by employer 3 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 32 minutes ago
What you'll build
- Participate in an on-call rotation
- Qualify reports or alerts of activity as security incidents
- Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures
- Coordinate security incident response activities
- Lead lessons learned discussions
Must have
- 3+ years relevant experience in information security
- Automation experience using scripting or programming languages
- Experience coordinating responses to security incidents
- Knowledge of security issues and threat landscape
Nice to have
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related discipline
- Experience with streaming and content creation
- Experience handling security incidents in hybrid cloud environment
Practical constraints
- Participate in an on-call rotation
AI in the day-to-day
Ability to securely design and implement AI/ML-driven playbooks to automate common security operations.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Security Incident Response Engineer at Twitch plays a crucial role in managing and responding to security incidents, ensuring the safety of the platform's diverse communities. This position requires expertise in information security, automation skills in languages like Python or Go, and a solid understanding of threat landscapes and incident response frameworks. Ideal candidates will have at least three years of relevant experience and a background in cloud and application security. The role is part of a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement and effective incident management.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze September 18, 2026. Last confirmed on Twitch's careers page September 20, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 2 other locations at Twitch: Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Security roles (median ~$169,000).
- Starts above 72% of 53 comparable mid security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $130,000 across 22 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 42.6% of 188 comparable mid security roles in United States; Shell appears in 1.1% of 188 comparable mid security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Security Incident Response Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Twitch expects some on-site time in Irvine, CA.
- What's the salary range?
- Twitch lists $159,300–$202,400 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Security Incident Response Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Twitch is hiring for this position in Irvine, CA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Perl, Python, Ruby, Shell.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Twitch targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Security Incident Response Engineer role at Twitch.
From the original posting
About the Role
Twitch is looking for a Security Incident Response Engineer to join our SIRT. Reporting to the SIRT Manager, you'll be at the heart of our mission to find, handle, and learn from security incidents across our global platform. We're looking for engineers who thrive coordinating response to emerging issues in information security who are ready to level up our defense. If you're passionate about protecting the Twitch community and solving complex security puzzles, we want to hear from you!
You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; or Seattle, WA.
You Will:
- Participate in an on-call rotation that includes your peers on the Security Incident Response Team
- Qualify reports or alerts of activity as security incidents using clear guidelines that establish what a security incident is
- Evaluate the potential and realized impact of security incidents to Twitch
- Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures
- Participate or create information sharing groups; communicate securely and responsibly
- Write and follow clear procedures so that our work can be accountable, repeated, measured, and improved
- Communicate with peers and leadership about timeline of a security related event with what potential and realized impact, how we discovered it, and how we're handling it
- Coordinate security incident response activities with affected teams to do the right thing for our customers and our organization
- Investigate, document, and implement agentic detection, enrichment, triage, response, and communication automations in every day processes
- Lead lessons learned discussions and help teams effect change across the business that reduces incident recurrence
You Have:
- 3+ years relevant experience doing information security work or equivalent BS degree in Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related fields
- Automation experience using scripting or programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Shell, or Perl)
- Ability to securely design and implement AI/ML-driven playbooks to automate common security operations
- Experience coordinating responses to security incidents
- Knowledge of security issues and threat landscape
- Background in cloud, host, network, and application security
- Familiarity with common Incident Response frameworks or lifecycle models like NIST-800-61, ISO/IEC 27035, etc.
Bonus Points
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Security, or a related technical discipline
- Experience and familiarity with streaming and content creation
- Experience handling security incidents in hybrid cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and conducting log dives on cloud telemetry like CloudTrail
- Passion and excitement for Twitch
Job ID: TW9286
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Twitch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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