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Security Engineer Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 743 open roles at 155 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$174K

Median

$206K

75th percentile

$255K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $50K, highest $850K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Head of National Security Sales (DoW/IC)Washington, DCAnthropic$550K–$700K
Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform SecuritySan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$485K–$625K
Senior Director, Privacy, Product and Platform Security San Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$458K–$526K
Data Scientist, Cybersecurity US - RemoteOpenAI$263K–$515K
Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOXSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$410K–$510K
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityUS - RemoteOpenAI$401K–$510K
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityUS - RemoteOpenAI$401K–$510K
Staff Security Reliability EngineerSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$510K
Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity RisksSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Researcher, Safety Training, National SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Senior Director, Business Development - National Security (TS/SCI Clearance)Long Beach, CARocket Lab$396K–$486K
Software Engineering Manager, Network SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Application Security EngineerRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity ProductsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Cybersecurity ProductsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff + Software Security Engineer, LabsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Principal Security EngineerBay Area, CA, United States of AmericaBlock$319K–$479K
Product Manager, Cybersecurity San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$385K–$460K
Security Engineer, Application SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Security Engineer, Application SecuritySeattleOpenAI$266K–$445K
Security Engineer, Application SecurityNew York CityOpenAI$266K–$445K
Security Engineer, Agent SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityUS - RemoteOpenAI$266K–$445K
Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityUS - RemoteOpenAI$266K–$445K
Forward Deployed Security EngineerWashington, DCOpenAI$266K–$445K
Full Stack Software Engineer, Cybersecurity ProductsSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Software Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer DevicesSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$445K
Principal Security Software Engineer, Enterprise SecuritySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$385K–$443K
Security GRC LeadSan FranciscoMercor$350K–$425K
Director of Product SecurityNew YorkHarvey$272K–$408K
Director of Product SecuritySan FranciscoHarvey$272K–$408K
Platform Hardware SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Platform Security Engineering, Operating Systems San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Platform Security Engineer, OpenBMCSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Security Engineer, Corporate SecuritySan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$320K–$405K
Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DCAnthropic$300K–$405K
Security Engineer - Threat IntelNew York City, NY; Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$405K
Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response PlatformNew York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DCAnthropic$320K–$405K
Senior Software Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Staff Security Engineer, Risk EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Staff / Senior Physical Security Systems EngineerRemote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Staff / Senior Software Engineer, Security Fusion PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)San FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$405K
Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)San FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$405K
Business Development Director, National Security - TS/SCI ClearanceLong Beach, CARocket Lab$257K–$405K
Principal Software Engineer II - Product SecurityUS-CA-Menlo ParkSnowflake$280K–$403K
Field Marketing Lead, Cybersecurity San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$400K
Senior Software Engineer, Platform SecuritySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Senior Software Engineer, Application SecuritySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Staff Software Engineer, Platform SecuritySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$400K
Security Engineer, Cloud InfrastructureSan Francisco or NYCMercor$130K–$400K
Infrastructure Engineer, SecuritySan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$400K
Security EngineerSan Francisco Office (Fremont St)Lambda$266K–$395K
Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise SecurityBellevue OfficeLambda$266K–$395K
Security EngineerSan Francisco, CASierra$230K–$390K
Software Engineer, SecuritySan Francisco, CASierra$230K–$390K
Principal Security Software Engineer, Application SecuritySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$326K–$385K
Principal Security Software Engineer, IAMSan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$326K–$385K
Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$385K
Systems Software Engineer, Security, First Party HardwareSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Chief Information Security OfficerCosta Mesa, California, United StatesAnduril$252K–$382K
Senior Engineering Director, Security ProductsIn-OfficeCloudflare$300K–$380K
Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$153K–$376K
Security Engineer, PrivacyNew York, NY (HQ)Ramp$185K–$375K
Principal Engineer, AI SecurityCambridge, MA USALila Sciences$252K–$374K
Principal Security Field EngineerRemote - CaliforniaDatabricks$270K–$372K
Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations)Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Staff TPM, SecurityNYCSuno Studio$277K–$364K
Security Engineer - Incident ResponseFoster City, CAReplit$230K–$360K
Director, Information Technology & SecurityRemote USAffirm$300K–$360K
Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink)Palo Alto, CASpaceX$235K–$355K
Security Engineer, ProductNew York, NY (HQ)Ramp$258K–$355K
Customer Success Manager, Public Sector (National Security) Washington, DCAnthropic$265K–$350K
Security Operations LeadSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$350K
Security Engineer, Application SecuritySan Jose, CAFigure AI$150K–$350K
Security Engineer, Product and Device SecuritySan Jose, CAFigure AI$150K–$350K
Technical Program Manager, Security & PrivacySan Jose, CAFigure AI$150K–$350K
Software Engineer, SecuritySan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$350K
Security Automation LeadNew York, NYPoint72$250K–$350K
VP, Security & Platform ServicesSeattleDigitalOcean$279K–$349K
Principal Engineer, AI SecurityCambridge, MA USALila Sciences$255K–$348K
Security ScientistSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$140K–$348K
Engineering Manager - Account SecuritySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$295K–$345K
Engineering Manager, Application SecuritySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$295K–$345K
Controls Specialist, Security GRC San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$270K–$345K
National Security Partnerships Lead, Intelligence and International SecurityWashington, DCAnthropic$295K–$345K
Security Risk Analyst, Risk EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$345K
Security Risk & Compliance, Agent SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$255K–$345K
Security Risk & Compliance, Data Centers & ComputeSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$270K–$345K
Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink)Redmond, WASpaceX$225K–$345K
Engineering Manager, Enterprise SecuritySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$294K–$343K
Infrastructure Security Engineer, Public SectorNew York, NY; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DCScale AI$198K–$342K
Product Security Engineer, Public SectorNew York, NY; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DCScale AI$198K–$342K
Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer DevicesSan FranciscoOpenAI$268K–$342K
Staff Security Software Engineer, IAMSan FranciscoHarvey$231K–$340K
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)Washington, DCSpaceX$225K–$340K
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