Titlesby GlyphSecurity Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Rising · in 4.0% of HN hiring posts · 402 open roles at 139 companies · median $212k
Finds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.
first seen Jun 2011, Hacker Newstook off Apr 2015
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in June 2011, in a Hacker News Who is hiring post. It took off in April 2015, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 402 open roles use the title at 139 companies, most of them in AI labs. Closest tracked titles: Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer.
- PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (June 2011)Hacker News, Jun 2011 · backs: first sighting
- PostingPrincipal Product Security EngineerCribl, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI lab39
- Fintech37
- Data platform32
- AI infrastructure25
- Software22
- AI application22
- Security16
- Developer tools15
Cities
- San Francisco76
- New York72
- Palo Alto46
- Seattle39
- Washington28
- London, United Kingdom16
- Austin13
- Dublin, Ireland10
- Toronto, Canada9
- Boston3
Countries and remote
- United States285
- United Kingdom24
- Canada21
- Ireland12
- Netherlands4
- Spain4
- Australia3
- India3
- Poland3
- Israel3
Remote option39%
Posted pay
Middle half $179k to $255k, median $212k from 242 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Pay by level and city on SalariesWho is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 20 | |
| 2 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | FluidstackA company hiring most for Security Engineer and Controls Engineer. | 10 | |
| 8 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 8 |
Open roles
8 of 402; company pages list the restApplication Security Engineer
New York, NY | Austin, TX | King of Prussia, PA | Scottsdale, AZ
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Product Security Engineer | Remote - United States | $265k to $320k | |
| Cyber Security Engineer Senior | Chantilly, VA | $119k to $225k | |
| Security Engineer, Vulnerability ManagementLiveKitUnited States (Remote)$200k to $300k | LiveKit | United States (Remote) | $200k to $300k |
| Application Security EngineerVestwellNew York, NY | Austin, TX | King of Prussia, PA | Scottsdale, AZ$140k to $150k | Vestwell | New York, NY | Austin, TX | King of Prussia, PA | Scottsdale, AZ | $140k to $150k |
| Senior Security Engineer, Product SecurityKomodo HealthUnited States$200k to $245k | Komodo Health | United States | $200k to $245k |
| Senior Product Security Engineer | San Francisco Office (Second St) | $266k to $395k | |
| Senior Cloud Security Engineer | San Francisco | $200k to $240k | |
| Security Engineer | United States - Remote | $105k to $123k |
Lineage
security red teaming applied to models · source
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
1,824 posts since Apr 2011 · +69% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 8 of 207 postings, 3.9%
Related titles
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 206 open · $185k median · since Apr 2011Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.2.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 157 open · $213k median · since Apr 2011Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.5.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 25 open · $194k median · since Jul 2011
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 $212k from 242 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.