Engineering Jobs at Cybersecurity Startups
There are 660 open engineering roles at 129 early-stage startups, 42% of them remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 155k to 211k, with a median of USD 184.8k.
What startups in cybersecurity build
Startups here build defences for cloud accounts, identity, code supply chains and threat detection. Customers buy on trust, so sales cycles are long and the engineering has to hold up under review. Employers often want people who have been on the defending side of a real incident.
Who is hiring engineers
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- 660open roles
- 129startups hiring
- 42%remote
Salary
Annual pay for this page’s roles that state a salary, in USD. The typical range covers the middle half of those postings.
- $185Kmedian pay
- $155Ktypical range: lower
- $211Ktypical range: upper
Based on 219 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 239 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
What engineering work involves at an early-stage startup
You own whole parts of the product rather than one service inside a large system. Expect to write the code, deploy it, and get paged when it breaks. Reviews are quick and the codebase is small, so a decision made on Tuesday can ship on Thursday.
Experience level
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Questions people ask
How much do engineering jobs pay?
Typically USD 155k to 211k a year, with a median of USD 184.8k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring engineers?
Two Six Technologies (60 roles), Specter (23) and Securonix (21) have the most; 129 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
42% of these roles are remote.
Do I need to be senior?
Most roles are senior (73% of those that state a level), and 4% are junior or intern.
Are new roles coming in?
30 were posted this week.