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Application security engineer jobs in California
92 open roles for application security engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, Anthropic, SpaceX, Harvey and CHAOS Industries have the most. 3 are remote and the median advertised salary is $230K.
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- Platform Software Security Engineer, Air DefenseAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$167K - $222KRustC++Linux
- Senior Software Security EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $254KSeniorRustGoJava
- Director, Product Security, PSIRTOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$224K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningSecurity clearanceAI agents
- Application Security EngineerLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $215KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Security Engineer, Product SecurityFlexport · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$221K - $271KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Security Engineer, Product SecurityFlexport · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$165K - $202KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Engineering Manager, Security (Cloud, Infrastructure & Application Security)Replit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $387KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Application Security EngineerRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$124K - $186KGoPythonTypeScript
- Application Security Engineer IIITrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$145K - $205KRustPythonJavaScript
- Member of Technical Staff, Product SecurityInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPyTorchCI/CDKubernetes
- Staff Product Security EngineerTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $325KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Senior Product Security EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Application Security EngineerTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$180K - $255KSeniorRustPythonJavaScript
- Staff Product Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGCPAzureLLM
- Senior Product Manager, Product SecurityLitmus · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California—HybridSeniorDockerMachine LearningLinux
- Red Team Engineer, Product SecurityApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$160K - $200KLinuxSecurity clearanceIncident response
- Incident Response Product Security Engineer IIEsri · 🇺🇸Redlands, CA$92K - $149KPythonJavaC++
- Senior Engineer, Application Security (R6290)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—SeniorPythonC++Linux
- Staff Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$220K - $280KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Product Security EngineerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$123K - $211KSenior
- Product Security EngineerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$101K - $170K
- Member of Technical Staff, Product SecurityHiggsfieldai · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, USA$200K - $300KHybridPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Engineering Intern, Product SecurityIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$37 an hourInternGoPythonC++
- Director, Product SecurityCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$227K - $303KLead and aboveLLMCI/CDKubernetes
- Staff Product Security EngineerTypeface · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$210K - $240KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Security EngineerFieldguide · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$215K - $230KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptTerraform
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Product SecurityCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$160K - $220KSeniorPythonBash
- Member of Technical Staff, Application SecurityListenlabs · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $300KTypeScriptTerraformLLM
- Staff + Software Security Engineer, LabsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff + Software Security Engineer, Secure FrameworksAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Application Security EngineerHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$150K - $300KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Application Security EngineerChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$213K - $295KSeniorGoPythonRuby
- Application Security Engineer, X MoneyxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$100K - $198KRustPythonLLM
- Director of Product SecurityHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$272K - $408KHybridLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modeling
- Senior Software Security Engineer, Infrastructure & IdentityDepthfirst · 🇺🇸San Francisco—SeniorAWSDatabricks
- Senior Software Engineer, Application SecurityDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorGCPCI/CDAI agents
- Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Embedded Product SecurityAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$220K - $292KSeniorRustLinuxComputer Vision
- Staff Product Security EngineerAmbience Healthcare · 🇺🇸San Francisco$226K - $283KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Director, Product SecurityAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$278K - $369KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Sr. Product Security Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA · +1 more location$170K - $265KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff, Product SecurityParallel · 🇺🇸San Francisco or Palo Alto$150K - $300KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer - Product SecurityZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$292K - $375KLead and aboveAWSInfrastructure as codeApplication security
- Senior Application Security Engineer (Red Team)Altruist · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA · +1 more location$170K - $225KSeniorJavaTerraformKubernetes
- Staff Application Security EngineerSamsara · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$165K - $295KLead and aboveGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Security Engineer I, Product SecurityOscar Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States · +1 more location—SeniorAI agentsApplication securityVulnerability management
- Application Security EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridGoPython.NET
- Security Engineer, Application SecuritySentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$150K - $200KHybridRustGoPython
- Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer DevicesOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$268K - $342KRustC++Threat modeling
- Product Security Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$130K - $160KGoPythonC++
- Senior Product Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$188K - $282KHybridSeniorGCPAzureLLM
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Who is hiring for application security engineer roles in California
Where application security engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States92
- 🇺🇸California92
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area65
- 🇺🇸New York, NY13
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA13
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA10
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO3
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC2
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL1
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What application security engineer roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $212K | 36 |
| Senior | $221K | 20 |
| Lead and above | $273K | 26 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about application security engineer jobs in California
- How many application security engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 92 open application security engineer jobs in California at 61 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 8 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 application security engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (7), Anthropic (6), SpaceX (6), Harvey (3) and CHAOS Industries (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote application security engineer jobs in California?
- 3 of the 92 open application security engineer jobs in California (3%) 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 application security engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $230K, based on 84 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $198K and $284K. 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 application security engineer jobs in California?
- 3 of the 92 open application security engineer jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 59 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 61 companies are hiring and 8 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 application security engineer jobs in California?
- 34 of the 92 open application security engineer jobs in California (37%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Computer Vision, Machine Learning. Employers still list 92 such roles today at 61 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do application security engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Application security (70%), Python (65%), Go (45%), Threat modeling (45%), CI/CD (39%) of the 92 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in application security engineer jobs in California?
- Product Security Engineer (9), Application Security Engineer (6), Staff Product Security Engineer (6), Security Engineer (5), Senior Product Security Engineer (5): the most common titles among the 92 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are application security engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 92 application security engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 61 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 8 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $230K. 3 (3%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for application security engineer jobs in California?
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