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Security engineer: a person in this job builds protection into software and infrastructure, and fixes the weak points before attackers find them. SpaceX, Anthropic, Stripe, Braze and xAI have the most open roles with “Security engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

693 open roles · 54 posted in the last 7 days · 28% remote · 247 companies hiring · $215K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

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Skills asked for in security engineer roles

Python424 · 61%AWS326 · 47%Go282 · 41%CI/CD268 · 39%Kubernetes262 · 38%GCP247 · 36%Azure182 · 26%

Bars show the share of these 693 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest security engineer jobs

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What security engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$200K125
Senior$200K113
Lead$250K108

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 engineer jobs

What is a security engineer job?
In a security engineer job, a person builds protection into software and infrastructure, and fixes the weak points before attackers find them. 693 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many security engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 693 open security engineer jobs at 247 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 54 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 engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (45), Anthropic (16), Stripe (15), Braze (13) and xAI (12). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote security engineer jobs?
194 of the 693 open security engineer jobs (28%) 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 engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $215K, based on 346 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $185K and $255K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for security engineer 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.

Kinds of work close to this one

Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

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