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🇺🇸Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area

524 open roles mentioning Incident response in San Francisco Bay Area as of Nov 15, 2026. OpenAI, Anthropic, Cerebras, CoreWeave and Crusoe have the most. 35 are remote and the median advertised salary is $238K.

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Skills asked for in Incident response roles in San Francisco Bay Area

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Who is hiring for Incident response roles in San Francisco Bay Area

What Incident response roles in San Francisco Bay Area pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$254K168
Senior$212K150
Lead and above$274K112

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 San Francisco Bay Area

How many Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open right now?
There are 524 open Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at 167 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 37 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
Right now the most openings are at OpenAI (40), Anthropic (30), CoreWeave (24), Cerebras (24) and Crusoe (16). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
35 of the 524 open Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (7%) 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 San Francisco Bay Area pay?
The median advertised salary is $238K, based on 433 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $200K and $295K. 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
4 of the 524 open Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 321 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 167 companies are hiring and 37 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
164 of the 524 open Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (31%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 524 such roles today at 167 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area ask for?
Most often Incident response (100%), Python (47%), Kubernetes (39%), AWS (37%), Go (28%) of the 524 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
Senior Software Engineer (38), Software Engineer (31), Staff Software Engineer (27), Engineering Manager (26), Security Engineer (17): the most common titles among the 524 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area in demand in 2026?
524 Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 167 companies, 0.4% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 37 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $238K. 35 (7%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for Incident response jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
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