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🇺🇸Incident response jobs in California

674 open roles mentioning Incident response in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic and Cerebras have the most. 39 are remote and the median advertised salary is $222K.

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Skills asked for in Incident response roles in California

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Who is hiring for Incident response roles in California

What Incident response roles in California pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$212K236
Senior$213K188
Lead and above$261K137

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about Incident response jobs in California

How many Incident response jobs in California are open right now?
There are 674 open Incident response jobs in California at 192 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 52 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most Incident response jobs in California?
Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (47), OpenAI (40), SpaceX (39), Anthropic (30) and CoreWeave (24). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote Incident response jobs in California?
39 of the 674 open Incident response jobs in California (6%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do Incident response jobs in California pay?
The median advertised salary is $222K, based on 566 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $184K and $276K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get one of the Incident response jobs in California?
7 of the 674 open Incident response jobs in California (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 440 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 192 companies are hiring and 52 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing Incident response jobs in California?
221 of the 674 open Incident response jobs in California (33%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, Computer Vision. Employers still list 674 such roles today at 192 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do Incident response jobs in California ask for?
Most often Incident response (100%), Python (48%), AWS (35%), Kubernetes (35%), Go (28%) of the 674 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in Incident response jobs in California?
Senior Software Engineer (42), Software Engineer (33), Staff Software Engineer (31), Engineering Manager (27), Security Engineer (20): the most common titles among the 674 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are Incident response jobs in California in demand in 2026?
674 Incident response jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 192 companies, 0.5% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 52 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $222K. 39 (6%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for Incident response jobs in California?
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