Principal Security Engineer Salaries in California

Mentorship & Enablement: Foster technical excellence within InfoSec and mentor engineers on technical execution, system design, and technology choices, driving…

$319,000 - $478,600 a year

While you won’t be managing HR lines, you will set the technical bar, mentor engineers, and help scale a world-class security engineering culture.

$240,000 - $310,000 a year

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field. Lead across the org and raise the bar.

$326,060 - $385,050 a year

8+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or a related technical role.

$190,600 - $263,900 a year

Strategic Thinker: You define clear technical requirements and assess commercial solutions to inform build vs. buy decisions, balancing security rigor with…

$385,050 - $443,200 a year

Own the field's security and governance frameworks (customer builds, prototyping, public content), building on the AWS Security standards and codifying them…

$177,000 - $275,300 a year