What security engineer roles require at tech companies · 126 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
126 security engineer roles counted in the window, one per company, title and level; 415 software postings open now, all titles and levels.
In short
Python is required most often, in 65 of 126 (52%) security engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then AWS (43) and Cybersecurity (43). Among roles that state years, 57 of 72 (79%) ask for at least 5 years. We counted 126 roles from 88 employers.
- Python
- 65 of 126 (52%)
- Required most often, of the roles we could read
- 5+ years
- 57 of 72 (79%)
- Of roles stating years
- Median stated pay
- $200k a year
- 65 of 126 (52%) state pay
What the postings ask for
Out of the 126 roles whose requirements we could read, of 126 in all. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 65 of 126 (52%) |
| AWS | 43 of 126 (34%) |
| Cybersecurity | 43 of 126 (34%) |
| Go | 38 of 126 (30%) |
| Cloud Security | 36 of 126 (29%) |
| GCP | 32 of 126 (25%) |
| Kubernetes | 32 of 126 (25%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 31 of 126 (25%) |
| Azure | 29 of 126 (23%) |
| Scripting | 29 of 126 (23%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| SOC 2 | 18 of 126 (14%) |
| AI | 17 of 126 (13%) |
| CI/CD | 17 of 126 (13%) |
| ISO 27001 | 15 of 126 (12%) |
| AWS | 13 of 126 (10%) |
| Incident Response | 13 of 126 (10%) |
| Open Source | 13 of 126 (10%) |
| LLMs | 11 of 126 (9%) |
| Terraform | 11 of 126 (9%) |
| GCP | 10 of 126 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 72 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 72 of 72 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 71 of 72 (99%)
- 3+ years
- 70 of 72 (97%)
- 5+ years
- 57 of 72 (79%)
- 8+ years
- 13 of 72 (18%)
- 10+ years
- 4 of 72 (6%)
Degree
Of the 107 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 6 of 107 (6%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 20 of 107 (19%)
- Preferred
- 5 of 107 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 76 of 107 (71%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 126 roles we could read for it
- Median stated pay
- $200k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 65 of 126 (52%)
- Remote roles
- 69 of 126 (55%)
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Companies with the most security engineer roles
- GitLab5 roles
- Anthropic4 roles
- Stripe4 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.3 roles
- Cloudflare3 roles
- Palantir3 roles
- 1Password2 roles
- A-STAFFING, INC.2 roles
- Abnormal2 roles
- Censys2 roles
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How we count: 126 roles from 88 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology