Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response

About Ramp

At Ramp, we’re rebuilding how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.

Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. But we’re not just building features powered by AI. We’re building a platform where it’s agents who chase receipts, close books, flag risks, and surface insights. That way, teams can reclaim their time and reinvest in what actually matters.

More than 40,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $80 billion in purchases each year.

Ramp’s investors include Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies.

Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.

About the Role

Join our growing security team and help build our business-enabling Detection & Response program at Ramp. This role will provide direct impact by driving security detection and response initiatives across Ramp. This will include a focus on the maturation of our security detection and alerting capabilities.

Please note that this role will require you to be comfortable with working in-person at our NYC HQ (located near Madison Square Park) at least 2 days/week

What You’ll Do

• Respond and assist with security requests and incidents submitted by Ramp team members
• Identify gaps in current processes and propose and implement solutions from inception to launch
• Review logging, alerting, and audit sources to identify potential security incidents and perform initial triage on identified incidents
• Contribute to the creation, upkeep, and tuning of runbooks and security alerts to effectively handle, triage, and improve security alerts
• Work closely with Ramp Security Engineers to improve security alerting and automated remediation
• Utilize log ingestion platform for security analytics and identification of tactics, techniques and patterns of attackers

What You Need

• Minimum 5 years experience in incident response including host and cloud forensics and/or security detection
• Minimum 3 years experience with a programming/scripting language (Bash, Python, etc.)
• Experience with query-based log management solutions (ELK, Datadog, Panther, etc)
• Strong deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate complex security issues to peers and management in a clear and effective manner
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to succinctly document technical details
• “No task too big or too small” mentality. The ability to roll up your sleeves and tackle what’s needed to get the job done

Nice-to-Haves

• Security Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Network+, etc.
• Prior experience with a fintech or startup

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
• Partially covered for your dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
• Flexible PTO
• Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 per year)
• WFH stipend to support your home office needs
• Wellness stipend
• Parental Leave
• Relocation support to NYC or SF
• Pet insurance

Referral Instructions

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

Other notices

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Compensation Range: $131.6K - $339.5K

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