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What principal security engineer roles require at tech companies · 7 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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7 principal security engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 415 open software postings.

In short

Python is required most often, in 4 of 7 principal security engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then AI (3) and Threat Modeling (3). Among roles that state years, 2 of 2 ask for at least 10 years. We counted 7 roles, each at a different employer.

Python
4 of 7
Required most often, of the roles we could read
5+ years
2 of 2
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
5 of 7
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 7 roles whose requirements we could read, of 7 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Python
4 of 7
AI
3 of 7
Threat Modeling
3 of 7
Application Security
2 of 7
Authentication
2 of 7
Authorization
2 of 7
CI/CD
2 of 7
Cloud Security
2 of 7
Cybersecurity
2 of 7
Go
2 of 7
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
Incident Response
2 of 7
Kubernetes
2 of 7
AWS
1 of 7
Authentication
1 of 7
Authorization
1 of 7
Azure
1 of 7
CI/CD
1 of 7
Cloud Security
1 of 7
Cross-Platform Development
1 of 7
Design Review
1 of 7

Experience

Of the 2 roles that state years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year
2 of 2
2+ years
2 of 2
3+ years
2 of 2
5+ years
2 of 2
8+ years
2 of 2
10+ years
2 of 2

Degree

Of the 5 roles we could read for it

Required
0 of 5
Required, or experience instead
0 of 5
Preferred
0 of 5
Not mentioned
5 of 5

Pay and remote work

Of the 7 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
5 of 7
Remote roles
5 of 7

Security engineer pay

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How we count: 7 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology