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Security jobs in California, United States
964 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Security jobs in California at a glance
- Open roles
- 964
- Remote
- 10%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 290
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $196K – $300Kmedian $242K
From the 873 security jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
Hiring most here
- Anthropic 63
- OpenAI 33
- SpaceX 25
- Roblox 19
- Anduril Industries 19
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521–540 of 964 jobs
Principal Security Engineer
8 weeks agoAltruist · San Francsico, California, United States
HybridLead / staff$226K – $300K a yearSecurityAltruist is in the midst of an exciting phase and we’re excited to hire a Principal Security Engineering / Security Architect to define secure-by-design architecture across our cloud, applications, and identity platforms. You’ll set the patterns and standards that let us scale…
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
8 weeks agoAltruist · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridSenior$200K – $240K a yearSecurityAltruist is in the midst of an exciting phase and we’re excited to hire a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to secure our multi-account AWS and Kubernetes environment. You’ll build the guardrails and controls that keep our cloud platform hardened as we grow.
Security GRC Lead
8 weeks agoMercor · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$350K – $425K a yearSecurityYou'll be the first GRC hire at a company that processes some of the most sensitive data on earth: training data, evals, and human-feedback pipelines for the frontier AI labs, plus payments and KYC for 300K+ experts.
Lead - Security Controls Assurance - SOX
8 weeks agoAnthropic · San Francisco, California, United States +3
On-siteLead / staff$410K – $510K a yearSecurityAnthropic's Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team is the connective tissue that holds the company accountable to its security and control commitments. We translate regulatory, customer, and voluntary obligations into controls that teams act on, and give…
Security Specialist
8 weeks agoGavin de Becker & Associates · San Diego, California, United States
From $85K a yearSecurityMonitor property while utilizing the tools and technology of a GDBA Command Center; Screen visitors and vendors; control all access to protected site; Coordinate and execute security plans and respond to medical emergencies; Provide physical protection and logistical support at…
Physical Security Systems Engineer
8 weeks agoSFMOMA · San Francisco, California, United States +1
On-siteFull-time$100K – $128K a yearSecurityProvide oversight of the day-to-day technical operations of the Museum’s physical security and safety operations including Regional Security Operations Centers (RSOC), staff and guest services desk (reception), security console at remote storage location.; Partner with the…
Senior Security Software Engineer
8 weeks agoValar Atomics · Torrance, California, United States
Senior$175K – $200K a yearSecurityAs part of the Business organization, IT & Enterprise Software delivers the technology infrastructure, enterprise applications, and digital tools that power Valar's operations. The team ensures secure, reliable, and scalable technology solutions that support every function…
Valar Atomics · Torrance, California, United States
Senior$165K – $185K a yearSecurityAs part of the Business organization, IT & Enterprise Software delivers the technology infrastructure, enterprise applications, and digital tools that power Valar's operations. The team ensures secure, reliable, and scalable technology solutions that support every function…
Nscale · New York, United States +2
Lead / staff$190K – $240K a yearSecurityWe are seeking a Staff Security Engineer, Product and Platform Security to lead security initiatives across Nscale’s products, cloud platforms, hyperscale GPU clusters, and critical infrastructure.
Principal Embedded Systems Security Engineer
8 weeks agoTrue Anomaly · Denver, Colorado, United States +1
Lead / staff$225K – $330K a yearSecurityOwn the security architecture, threat modeling, and defensive controls for our spacecraft platform. This spans the flight computer, subsystem firmware, FPGA gateware, cryptographic implementations, and secure boot.; Architect and build the security platforms, tooling, and…
Senior Platform Security Engineer
8 weeks agoDiscord · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridSenior$196K – $245K a yearSecurityOwn software engineering projects end-to-end on a highly autonomous, horizontally integrated team with a lot of leverage. This is a code-forward role!; Define what identity means for autonomous agents and other non-human actors at Discord (how they're provisioned, scoped,…
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
8 weeks agoENSCO, Inc. · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteSenior$150K – $185K a yearSecurityENSCO, Inc is a diverse engineering and technology company that provides engineering, science and advanced technology solutions that guarantee mission success, safety, and security to governments and private industries worldwide.
Sr. Security Platform Engineer
8 weeks agoRivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies · Irvine, California, United States
HybridFull-timeSenior$135.1K – $185.8K a yearSecuritySecurity Platform Engineering is at the core of our ability to deliver secure, trusted products. We are seeking a highly motivated security engineer to drive high-impact security initiatives across our vehicle ecosystem, balancing security objectives with business velocity.…
Network Security Engineer
2 months agoCerebras Systems · Sunnyvale, California, United States
HybridFull-timeSeniorSecurityOperate firewalls, ACLs, segmentation, and network security controls across data center, corporate, and AWS environments.; Support hands-on data center network operations, including deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and lifecycle management.; Implement…
IT Security Engineer - Top Secret Clearance
2 months agoSpaceX · Hawthorne, California, United States
Full-timeMid level$130K – $160K a yearSecurityWork closely with other SpaceX IT administrators and engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support security solutions and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceX engineering teams.…
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$347K – $445K a yearSecurityDesign and implement security-critical software and firmware for HSMs, secure elements, trusted execution environments, and hardware roots of trust.; Build and harden the policy-to-HSM boundary responsible for authorizing certificate issuance and cryptographic signing…
OpenAI · Washington, District of Columbia, United States +1
HybridFull-timeManager$158K – $225K a yearSecurityThe Industrial Security team enables OpenAI’s classified and national security work by building secure, compliant programs that support government customers and protect sensitive information. We partner across Security, Legal, People, Facilities, Engineering, IT, and program…
Sr. Staff Security Engineer, Platform Security
2 months agoNscale · New York, United States +2
Lead / staff$210K – $270K a yearSecurityWe are hiring a Senior Staff Security Engineer as a founding member of Nscale's Platform Security program. Your job is to go deep on how our IaaS platform is actually built — not how the diagrams say it is built — and to perform the security reviews that tell leadership and…
Privacy & Security Counsel
2 months agoRoblox · San Mateo, California, United States
HybridFull-timeMid level$168.1K – $211.8K a yearSecurityEvery day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
Arena Intelligence, Inc. · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffSecurityIt is not a policy-writing seat. Policy is an output, not the job.; It is not a checkbox compliance seat. If your instinct is to close a finding by writing a document that says it is closed, this will not be a good fit.; It is not a product engineering role. If Arena builds new…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.