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Security is protecting systems, buildings and users from attacks and fraud. SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe, Anthropic and Airwallex have the most open roles right now.
1,489 open roles · 135 posted in the last 7 days · 27% remote · 347 companies hiring · $204K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages
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Kinds of work in security
- Cybersecurity899 jobsDefends systems against attackers: finds weak points, watches for break-ins, responds to incidents.
- Security engineer693 jobsBuilds protection into software and infrastructure, and fixes the weak points before attackers find them.
- Security analyst and incident response251 jobsWatches for break-ins, investigates alerts and leads the response when something happens.
- Penetration tester67 jobsAttacks a company’s own systems, with permission, to find the holes first.
- Security compliance (GRC)165 jobsProves to customers and auditors that a company handles data safely, and gets it through checks such as SOC 2.
- Fraud and risk analyst227 jobsSpots fraud and measures financial risk, then sets the rules that stop losses.
- Trust and safety36 jobsKeeps harmful content and bad actors off a platform: reviews reports, writes the rules, handles appeals.
- Privacy47 jobsMakes sure personal data is collected and used within the law.
- Physical security90 jobsProtects buildings, people and events: guards, control rooms, travel safety.
Newest security jobs
- Staff Technical Project Manager, Global Physical SecurityCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US—Lead
- Senior GRC EngineerBrex · 🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · +3 more locationsCA$154K - CA$192KSeniorSQL
- Senior Cybersecurity EngineerPitchBook Data · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$187K - $187KSeniorPythonNode.jsJava
- Staff P&T Incident & Technology Risk Operations ManagerLightspeed Commerce · 🇨🇦Montreal—RemoteLead
- Lead GRC & Security GovernanceDave · 🇺🇸United States$174K - $224KRemoteLeadCI/CD
- Research Scientist, Open Benchmarks Red TeamSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $340KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Application Security Engineer - Agents platformElevenLabs · 🇬🇧United Kingdom—RemoteGoPythonTerraform
- Software Engineer, Vulnerability ManagementStripe · +1 more location—GoPythonJava
- Fraud Specialist, Supplier Operations & GovernanceTwilio · 🇺🇸Remote - US · +1 more location—RemotePythonSQLLooker
- Security Engineer (6389)itD Tech · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA—
- Risk Strategy InternRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$8,000 a monthInternPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Analyst (Fraud & Financial Crime)Zopa · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Technical Operations Analyst, User Safety & Risk OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$189K - $252KPythonSQLAirflow
- Model Safety Program Manager, User Safety & Risk OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $280K
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection & ResponseKlaviyo · 🇺🇸Boston · +3 more locations—SeniorGoPythonSQL
- Senior Privacy Counsel, TinderMatch Group · 🇺🇸West Hollywood, California$205K - $235KSenior
- Senior GRC EngineerDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom—SeniorLLMCI/CD
- Senior Staff Security Architect (Digital Assets)SoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; UT - Cottonwood Heights; CA - San Francisco…—LeadCI/CDKubernetesAWS
- Manager, Risk ManagementRazorpay Software Private Limited · 🇲🇾Malaysia—
- Senior Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇨🇳CN - Shanghai · +1 more location—SeniorPythonJavaKotlin
- Fraud Risk Strategy ExpertOKX · 🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore—SQLMachine Learning
- Government Cloud Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$100K - $198KTerraformAzureLinux
- Lead Information Security Compliance ManagerNew Relic · 🇮🇳Hyderabad, India—LeadGCPAzureAWS
- Mobile Security Engineer (Android / Web)Binance · 🇦🇺🇭🇰🇸🇬Australia; Hong Kong; Singapore; Taiwan; Thailand—TypeScriptJavaScriptJava
- Card Fraud & Chargeback Risk Strategist (Issuing Risk)Binance · 🇦🇺🇭🇰🇸🇬Australia; Hong Kong; Singapore; Taiwan; United Arab Emir…—PythonSQL
- Director, Product Security, PSIRTOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$224K - $345KLeadMachine Learning
- Team Lead, Fraud Investigations (Cash & Banking)Wealthsimple · 🇨🇦Remote (Canada)CA$68K - CA$85KRemoteLeadSQLRails
- Principal Security EngineerNetDocuments · 🇺🇸Lehi, Utah, United States$200K - $220KLeadGoPythonCI/CD
- Security ArchitectNetDocuments · 🇺🇸Lehi, Utah, United States$180K - $200KAzureCI/CDAWS
- Security Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)Muon Space · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA—InternPythonGCPAzure
- Associate, Fraud Investigations Crypto (Fixed Term Contract)Wealthsimple · 🇨🇦Remote (Canada)CA$25 - CA$31 an hourRemoteJunior
- Privacy Analyst - TempAEG Worldwide · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$95K - $105K
- Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure SecurityPalantir · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom · +2 more locations—LinuxCI/CD
- Security Engineer, Corporate Security1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$123K - CA$172KRemoteGoPythonSQL
- Senior Staff Incident Response EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—LeadGoPythonSQL
- Merchant Risk OfficerAlma · Lille—SQL
- Risk and Fraud OfficerAlma · Lille—
- Senior Full Stack Security Engineer (Application & Product)RunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$152K - $220KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Application Security EngineerDropbox · 🇺🇸Remote - US: Select locations · +1 more location$172K - $262KRemoteMachine LearningCI/CD
- Security Engineer, Security OperationsRiot Games · 🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland—GoPythonGCP
- Security Incident ManagerInstacart · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only) · +1 more locationCA$120K - CA$126KRemote
- Threat Detection and Response Engineering ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetes
- Security Incident Response Team ManagerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $510KKubernetes
- Senior Security Engineer (Application Security)Encord · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonTypeScriptGCP
- Application Security EngineerLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $215KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Cloud Security EngineerEncord · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonTypeScriptTerraform
- Customer Threat Advisor (Offensive)CloudSEK · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · +1 more location—GoPythonGCP
- Red Team TesterSkyePoint Decisions · Remote—RemotePythonLinuxAWS
- Penetration TesterSkyePoint Decisions · Remote—RemotePythonLinuxAWS
Showing the newest 50 of 1,235. The search looks through all of them by title, place and pay.
Who is hiring for security
Where security are
- 🇺🇸United States876
- 🇺🇸California390
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area301
- 🇪🇺Europe263
- 🇺🇸New York178
- 🌏Asia-Pacific148
- 🇬🇧London & the UK91
- 🇺🇸Seattle89
- 🇨🇦Canada78
- 🇮🇳India76
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What security pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $186K | 295 |
| Senior | $192K | 225 |
| Lead | $244K | 181 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about security jobs
- Which jobs count as security?
- Protecting systems, buildings and users from attacks and fraud. On Hiring Right Now that is 9 kinds of work: Cybersecurity, Security engineer, Security analyst and incident response, Penetration tester, Security compliance (GRC), Fraud and risk analyst, Trust and safety, Privacy, Physical security.
- How many security jobs are open right now?
- There are 1,489 open security jobs at 347 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 135 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most security jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (100), OpenAI (50), Stripe (46), Anthropic (42) and Airwallex (25). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote security jobs?
- 401 of the 1,489 open security jobs (27%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do security jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $204K, based on 701 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $165K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for security jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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