San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $190/hr
Security Engineering @ Clay We're building a modern security organization from the ground up. We're hiring senior or staff-level security engineers who are strong software engineers first, with deep ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150 - $190/hr
Security Engineering @ Clay We're building a modern security organization from the ground up. We're hiring senior or staff-level security engineers who are strong software engineers first, with deep ...
Daly City, CA · On-site
$103.03 - $119.02/hr
Daly City, CA 94014 Position Type: Full Time Salary Range: $74.79 - $86.40 Hourly SUMMARY OF POSITION The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing NEMS ...
Daly City, CA · On-site
$103.03 - $119.02/hr
Daly City, CA 94014 Position Type: Full Time Salary Range: $74.79 - $86.40 Hourly SUMMARY OF POSITION The Senior Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing NEMS ...
Fremont, CA · On-site
Info Way Solutions is seeking a Security Engineer to enhance their cybersecurity efforts. The role involves managing security tools, responding to incidents, and collaborating with various teams to ...
Fremont, CA · On-site
Info Way Solutions is seeking a Security Engineer to enhance their cybersecurity efforts. The role involves managing security tools, responding to incidents, and collaborating with various teams to ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$180 - $310/hr
At Gamma, we believe security engineering must evolve to meet this moment. That means closing patch gaps faster, scanning our own code with the same frontier models an attacker would use, designing ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$180 - $310/hr
At Gamma, we believe security engineering must evolve to meet this moment. That means closing patch gaps faster, scanning our own code with the same frontier models an attacker would use, designing ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
We are looking for a hands-on Security Engineer to own and strengthen security across PIP Labs' cloud environment, endpoints and internal systems, while also supporting related companies, including ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
We are looking for a hands-on Security Engineer to own and strengthen security across PIP Labs' cloud environment, endpoints and internal systems, while also supporting related companies, including ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
Factory is seeking a talented Security Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the security foundation of our platform by conducting code ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
Factory is seeking a talented Security Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the security foundation of our platform by conducting code ...
San Mateo, CA · On-site
$160 - $210/hr
As a Security Engineer on Skydio's Security team, you'll build the automation and internal tooling that keep our multi-tenant cloud and corporate environments secure and audit-ready. You'll write ...
San Mateo, CA · On-site
$160 - $210/hr
As a Security Engineer on Skydio's Security team, you'll build the automation and internal tooling that keep our multi-tenant cloud and corporate environments secure and audit-ready. You'll write ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $330K/yr
About the Team The Security Engineering team at Decagon protects the platform that powers the most advanced conversational AI agents for enterprise customers across voice, chat, email and SMS. We ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $330K/yr
About the Team The Security Engineering team at Decagon protects the platform that powers the most advanced conversational AI agents for enterprise customers across voice, chat, email and SMS. We ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site +1
We are looking for a hands-on Security Engineer to own and strengthen security across PIP Labs' cloud environment, endpoints and internal systems, while also supporting related companies, including ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site +1
We are looking for a hands-on Security Engineer to own and strengthen security across PIP Labs' cloud environment, endpoints and internal systems, while also supporting related companies, including ...
Meta's Cross-Meta Security organization is seeking a distinguished Security Engineer to operate at the highest level of technical leadership across the
Meta's Cross-Meta Security organization is seeking a distinguished Security Engineer to operate at the highest level of technical leadership across the
San Francisco, CA · On-site
Position Summary As a Security Engineer at HeyGen, you will own the security posture of one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world. You will partner directly with engineering teams to ship ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
Position Summary As a Security Engineer at HeyGen, you will own the security posture of one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world. You will partner directly with engineering teams to ship ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$181.10 - $318.40/hr
Join our Apple Pay Security Engineering team and help us deliver the safest and best user experience. We work on Payments, Transit, Access, and Identity across hardware, software, and servers. If you ...
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$181.10 - $318.40/hr
Join our Apple Pay Security Engineering team and help us deliver the safest and best user experience. We work on Payments, Transit, Access, and Identity across hardware, software, and servers. If you ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$260K - $300K/yr
About the Role Security Engineers at Cognition own one of the most interesting security surfaces in the industry. Devin executes arbitrary code on behalf of users across millions of sandboxed ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$260K - $300K/yr
About the Role Security Engineers at Cognition own one of the most interesting security surfaces in the industry. Devin executes arbitrary code on behalf of users across millions of sandboxed ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120 - $160/hr
We're hiring a hands‑on (Senior) Product Security Engineer to design, build, and harden the secure architecture at the core of the product, working as a technical partner to our Core engineering ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120 - $160/hr
We're hiring a hands‑on (Senior) Product Security Engineer to design, build, and harden the secure architecture at the core of the product, working as a technical partner to our Core engineering ...
Downey, CA · On-site
A Security Engineer serves as the security engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment; is comfortable with bridging the gap between legacy development or ...
Downey, CA · On-site
A Security Engineer serves as the security engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment; is comfortable with bridging the gap between legacy development or ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
As a Security Engineer you will identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Figma's product, platform, and IT systems. We are hiring for multiple teams within Security ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
As a Security Engineer you will identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Figma's product, platform, and IT systems. We are hiring for multiple teams within Security ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120 - $150/hr
THE ROLE We are seeking an experienced and proactive Security Engineer to help us build, maintain, and continuously improve the security posture of our rapidly growing ML infrastructure platform. As ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120 - $150/hr
THE ROLE We are seeking an experienced and proactive Security Engineer to help us build, maintain, and continuously improve the security posture of our rapidly growing ML infrastructure platform. As ...
Staff AWS Cloud Security Engineer will design, implement, and enhance cloud security controls ... Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a ...
Staff AWS Cloud Security Engineer will design, implement, and enhance cloud security controls ... Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a ...
Yuba City, CA · On-site
$120K - $145K/yr
The Security Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Credit Union ... This range includes base salary (or hourly wages) and does not include possible overtime for non ...
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Yuba City, CA · On-site
$120K - $145K/yr
The Security Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Credit Union ... This range includes base salary (or hourly wages) and does not include possible overtime for non ...
Yuba City, CA · On-site
$120K - $145K/yr
The Security Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Credit Union ... This range includes base salary (or hourly wages) and does not include possible overtime for non ...
Yuba City, CA · On-site
$120K - $145K/yr
The Security Engineer is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Credit Union ... This range includes base salary (or hourly wages) and does not include possible overtime for non ...
| Aspect | Hourly Security Engineer | Cybersecurity Analyst |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications | CompTIA Security+, CISSP (preferred) | CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH |
| Work Environment | On-site or remote security system setup, monitoring, and incident response | Analyzing security threats, monitoring networks, and developing security protocols |
| Employer & Industry Usage | IT security firms, corporate security teams, government agencies | IT departments, security consulting firms, government agencies |
Hourly Security Engineers focus on implementing and maintaining security systems on an hourly basis, often working directly with security infrastructure. Cybersecurity Analysts analyze security data, monitor threats, and develop security strategies. While both roles require similar certifications and work in security environments, their daily tasks differ, with engineers more hands-on and analysts more analytical.
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We're building a modern security organization from the ground up. We're hiring senior or staff-level security engineers who are strong software engineers first, with deep expertise in either Cloud Security or Application Security and working knowledge across both.
This is a hands‑on role. You'll spend significant time writing production code—security tooling, detection systems, remediation pipelines, and frameworks that make secure defaults the easiest path. You'll also help define how we leverage modern automation, including frontier AI models (e.g. Mythos), to scale security operations: autonomously discovering vulnerabilities, reviewing AI‑generated code, and building detection systems that understand context and intent.
What You'll DoBuild security primitives, tooling, and automation that scale with the product and engineering org
Define and implement our strategy for modern security workflows: AI‑assisted vulnerability discovery, automated code review, threat detection, and remediation
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Product Engineering to make secure defaults the easiest path
Own projects end to end: design, implementation, rollout, and measurement
Secure our cloud environment (IAM, network policies, container security, secrets management, and misconfiguration prevention).
Define and enforce least‑privilege access patterns across services and humans.
Improve cloud visibility and control using infrastructure‑as‑code and cloud security tooling (we currently use Terraform, AWS Config, and AWS Security Hub).
Develop preventative controls and safe deployment patterns that reduce the probability and blast radius of incidents.
Lead secure design and secure coding practices, and prevent common vulnerability classes.
Perform architecture reviews and code‑level security reviews, and work hands‑on with engineers to ship fixes.
Own the vulnerability discovery and validation lifecycle: static and dynamic analysis, dependency checks, pen tests, and bug bounties. Integrate modern automated detection systems (including Claude Mythos‑class models) to find vulnerabilities at scale.
Build and deploy security agents and automated workflows that can scan codebases, propose fixes, and in some cases autonomously deploy security patches.
Build frameworks and reusable components for authentication, authorization, and secure‑by‑default patterns.
Define practical policies and controls for code generation tools and coding agent changes, so they can be used safely and consistently.
Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems
Deep expertise in either cloud security or application security, with the ability to flex into the adjacent domain
Ability to build, not just advise: You translate risk into concrete engineering work and ship solutions
Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive when building from first principles and defining what good looks like
Forward‑thinking about tooling: Interest in leveraging modern automation and AI to scale security operations while maintaining engineering rigor
This is not an IT helpdesk or general operations role. We partner with other teams and vendors for routine operational work so you can stay focused on building scalable security foundations.
