Application Security Engineer Salaries in San Francisco, CA
Average base salary
$119,013
↗ 7% above national average
Average
$119,013Low $110,682
High $133,294
The average salary for Application Security Engineer jobs near San Francisco, CA is $199,442.*
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View AllSenior Software Engineer, Application Security
Discord
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
You are comfortable reasoning about the security of complex systems, even if they contain components you aren’t familiar with, and can give engineers clear,…
$196,000 - $245,000 a year
Security Engineer, Application Security
OpenAI
San Francisco, CA
: Design, develop, and implement security tools, frameworks, and methodologies to protect applications against security threats.
$234,400 - $385,000 a year
Staff Application Security Engineer
Aurora
San Francisco, CA
You’ll use AI thoughtfully to scale your attention while applying your own engineering judgment. Demonstrated ability to threat model systems, explain technical…
$171,000 - $303,000 a year
3 days ago
Application Security Engineer [Remote-US]
Quanata
San Francisco, CA
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Conduct secure code reviews, application security assessments…
$175,000 - $215,000 a year
Application Security Engineer
Retool
San Francisco, CA
Identify systemic security gaps in our codebase and engineering workflows, and work with engineering teams to design and ship durable solutions; you’ll drive…
$231,900 - $318,250 a year
AI Application Security Engineer
Brain Co.
San Francisco, CA
Brain Co.'s products are built on agentic infrastructure — AI that takes actions, calls tools, and operates inside complex institutional workflows.
Top Paying Cities for Application Security Engineer
- San Mateo, CA
- $274,435
- avg per year
- Livermore, CA
- $239,100
- avg per year
- Zionsville, IN
- $235,000
- avg per year
- Las Vegas, NV
- $232,588
- avg per year
- Albany, NY
- $216,300
- avg per year
- Foster City, CA
- $212,813
- avg per year
- Draper, UT
- $207,500
- avg per year
- West Des Moines, IA
- $201,455
- avg per year
- San Francisco, CA
- $199,442
- avg per year
- Mountain View, CA
- $199,000
- avg per year
- Carlsbad, CA
- $193,550
- avg per year
- Palo Alto, CA
- $186,950
- avg per year
Top 10 Related Jobs and Salaries
- Staff Security Engineer
- $235,792
- increased by18.2%
- Staff Software Engineer
- $230,289
- increased by15.5%
- Platform Engineer
- $207,824
- increased by4.2%
- Senior Security Engineer
- $206,033
- increased by3.3%
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- $202,437
- increased by1.5%
- Security Engineer
- $191,816
- decreased by3.8%
- Senior Software Engineer
- $189,084
- decreased by5.2%
- Back End Developer
- $187,482
- decreased by6.0%
- Full Stack Developer
- $177,544
- decreased by11.0%
- Software Engineer
- $163,357
- decreased by18.1%
Highest paying cities for Application Security Engineer
- San Francisco, CA873 jobs
- San Jose, CA476 jobs
- Santa Clara, CA341 jobs
- Sunnyvale, CA243 jobs
- Palo Alto, CA183 jobs
- Mountain View, CA164 jobs
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