Security Engineer salary in San Francisco

If you are applying for Security Engineer roles in San Francisco, the hard part is not finding one listing. The hard part is making each application look specific enough to pass the recruiter screen and the ATS scan.

84 live listings right now.

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Live Security Engineer jobs in San Francisco

84 open listings match Security Engineer in San Francisco right now. The newest:

Skills employers ask for

Terms that keep coming up in the newest Security Engineer listings in San Francisco, and how many listings use each.
  1. detection8 posts
  2. response8 posts
  3. staff17 posts
  4. software24 posts
  5. humanity6 posts
  6. users15 posts
  7. systems23 posts
  8. platform27 posts
  9. globe6 posts
  10. power12 posts
  11. stack8 posts
  12. infrastructure14 posts
  13. detection response4 posts
  14. cloud12 posts
  15. built10 posts
  16. product13 posts
  17. application9 posts
  18. accelerate8 posts
  19. intelligence10 posts
  20. multi6 posts

Who's hiring

Employers with the most open Security Engineer listings in San Francisco.
  1. Anthropic13 open jobs
  2. Google8 open jobs
  3. Openai7 open jobs
  4. Crusoe6 open jobs
  5. Airwallex4 open jobs
  6. City and County of San Francisco4 open jobs
  7. Faire3 open jobs
  8. Altruist2 open jobs
  9. Astranis2 open jobs
  10. Braze2 open jobs

Advertised pay

From listings that state pay. Many don't, so treat it as a range, not a promise.

$110,000 to $510,000 a year, median $254,500.

What affects pay first in San Francisco

Recruiters scan for role fit, recent proof, and keywords. For Security Engineer, your resume should show the tools you used, the problem you solved, and the result. A vague project line does not help. A specific line with numbers, users, revenue, cost, speed, quality, or risk reduction works much better.

Check this before sending another application.

  • Pay range
  • Offer proof
  • Negotiation
  • Put the exact job title and adjacent titles in your summary.
  • Mirror the top skills from the job description naturally.
  • Use 3 to 5 achievement bullets that show measurable outcomes.
  • Keep formatting simple so ATS software can parse every section.

Resume keywords for Security Engineer

Do not stuff keywords. Put them where they belong: skills, project bullets, work experience, and certifications. For Security Engineer jobs in San Francisco, start with these clusters.

Core skills

role-specific tools, workflows, and delivery methods

Business impact

cost, revenue, speed, quality, risk, retention, or conversion

Collaboration

stakeholders, product, engineering, sales, security, or operations

Proof

portfolio links, shipped work, dashboards, case studies, or GitHub

A practical application plan

Compare salary bands, map your proof to the seniority level, and prepare a realistic ask before recruiter calls.
  1. Pick 10 active Security Engineer listings in San Francisco and save the job descriptions.
  2. Group repeated skills and phrases. Those are your ATS keywords.
  3. Rewrite your resume summary for this exact market and role.
  4. Run the resume and JD through the JobRise ATS checker.
  5. Only apply after your resume clearly matches the must-have requirements.

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Before you apply

Paste the job description into JobRise, check the ATS score, then fix the missing keywords before you send the application. One focused application beats ten generic ones.
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