Security Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Rising · in 3.7% of HN hiring posts · 227 open roles at 71 companies · median $230k · first seen Jun 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 71 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 227; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Senior Security Engineer (Infrastructure) ChainguardUnited States - Remote$137k to $160k | Chainguard | United States - Remote | $137k to $160k |
Staff Application Security Engineer (R5949) Shield AIRemote$143k to $214k | Shield AI | Remote | $143k to $214k |
Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection SamsaraRemote - CA$158k to $239k | Samsara | Remote - CA | $158k to $239k |
Security engineer, detection and response WriterSan Francisco, CA$132k to $240k | Writer | San Francisco, CA | $132k to $240k |
Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response RobinhoodBellevue, WA; Denver, CO; Menlo Park, CA$187k to $220k | Robinhood | Bellevue, WA; Denver, CO; Menlo Park, CA | $187k to $220k |
Security Engineer - Platform Security PlaidSeattle Office$189k to $243k | Plaid | Seattle Office | $189k to $243k |
Security Engineer, Enterprise Security FigureSan Jose, CA$150k to $250k | Figure | San Jose, CA | $150k to $250k |
Staff Product Security Engineer, Reviews OktaToronto, Ontario, Canada$141k to $193k | Okta | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | $141k to $193k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
1,808 posts since Apr 2011 · +43% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 15 of 256 postings, 5.9%
Related titles
About this title
Finds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.
Also counted: appsec, infosec
First sighting
...is hiring! -- http://www.etsy.com/jobs I'm hiring a Web Application Security Engineer, if you enjoy webapp pentesting and writing custom security...
Median posted salary $230k from 137 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.