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Security Engineer in San Francisco Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 161 open roles at 50 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$203K

Median

$256K

75th percentile

$313K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $99K, highest $850K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform SecuritySan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$485K–$625K
Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOXSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$410K–$510K
Staff Security Reliability EngineerSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$510K
Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity RisksSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Researcher, Safety Training, National SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
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
Product Manager, Cybersecurity San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$385K–$460K
Security Engineer, Application SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Security Engineer, Agent SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Full Stack Software Engineer, Cybersecurity ProductsSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Software Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer DevicesSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$445K
Security GRC LeadSan FranciscoMercor$350K–$425K
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
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
Security EngineerSan Francisco, CASierra$230K–$390K
Software Engineer, SecuritySan Francisco, CASierra$230K–$390K
Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$385K
Systems Software Engineer, Security, First Party HardwareSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$153K–$376K
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
Security Operations LeadSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$350K
Software Engineer, SecuritySan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$350K
Security ScientistSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$140K–$348K
Controls Specialist, Security GRC San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$270K–$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
Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer DevicesSan FranciscoOpenAI$268K–$342K
Staff Security Software Engineer, IAMSan FranciscoHarvey$231K–$340K
Software Engineer, AI Product SecuritySan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$270K–$340K
Model Policy Manager, National SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$335K
Director, Infrastructure SecuritySan Francisco, CA - USCrusoe$285K–$335K
Software Engineer, Platform SecuritySan FranciscoDecagon$200K–$330K
Staff Product Security EngineerSan FranciscoHarvey$220K–$330K
Staff Corporate Security EngineerSan FranciscoHarvey$220K–$330K
Software Engineer, Security ObservabilitySan FranciscoOpenAI$293K–$325K
Sr. Security Software Engineer, Security Operations San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$156K–$320K
Security Engineer, Offensive SecurityRemote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$300K–$320K
Solutions Marketing Manager, CybersecuritySan Francisco, CA; Washington, DCAnthropic$320K–$320K
Staff Security Engineer - Bot & Traffic DefenceSan Francisco, CAFaire$231K–$318K
Manager, Security OperationsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$204K–$317K
Product Security EngineerHybrid - San Francisco, New York City, LondonVercel$208K–$312K
Security Engineer, Detection ResponseHybrid - San Francisco, New York City, LondonVercel$208K–$312K
Senior Staff Security Engineer, Product SecuritySan Francisco, CA, United StatesRipple$232K–$310K
Staff Technical Program Manager- SecurityMountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$223K–$306K
Staff Technical Program Manager, SecuritySan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$146K–$300K
Security EngineerSan FranciscoCognition (Software Development Applications)$260K–$300K
Security Engineer, InfrastructureNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DCScale AI$238K–$297K
Security Engineer, Product SecurityNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DCScale AI$238K–$297K
Policy Communications Manager, Responsible Scaling, Security, and GovernanceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$265K–$295K
Staff Application Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA, United StatesSamsara$165K–$295K
Senior Staff Security Engineer, AI SecuritySan Francisco, CA, United StatesRipple$232K–$290K
Principal Engineer, AI/ML SecuritySan FranciscoDigitalOcean$230K–$288K
Security Technical Program ManagerSan Francisco, CASierra$210K–$285K
Staff Product Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA - USCrusoe$250K–$285K
Staff Security Engineer, DoorDash Labs - AirSan Francisco, CADoorDash$194K–$285K
National Security Hackathon 2026 - General InterestSan Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DCScale AI$227K–$284K
Staff Security EngineerSan FranciscoAmbience Healthcare$226K–$283K
Senior Product Security EngineerSan FranciscoHarvey$188K–$282K
Senior Software Engineer, SecuritySan FranciscoHarvey$188K–$282K
Product Manager, Agent Security & GovernanceSan Francisco, CAGlean$160K–$280K
Security Engineer, Detection and ResponseSan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$185K–$280K
Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecuritySan Francisco, CaliforniaNotion$230K–$280K
Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + ITSan Francisco Bay AreaDiscord$248K–$279K
Supplier Security & Assurance, Security GRCSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$255K–$270K
US Public Sector Compliance, Security GRCSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$255K–$270K
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Information SecuritySan Francisco, CA, United StatesRipple$216K–$270K
Principal Security Operations EngineerAtlanta, Georgia, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Scottsdale, Arizona, United States; Seattle, Washington, United StatesAxon$169K–$270K
Tech Lead Manager - Product Engineering (Identity Security)Hybrid - San Francisco, CA, USAAbnormal Security$187K–$270K
Staff Kernel Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA - USCrusoe$215K–$260K
Senior AI Product Manager, CybersecurityNew York, NY; San Francisco, CAScale AI$206K–$257K
Sr Staff Technical Program Manager- SecurityMountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$190K–$256K
Staff Corporate Security EngineerSan Francisco, CA - USCrusoe$210K–$255K
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