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Application Security Engineer jobs: 40 open roles

Open application security engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open.

The market for application security engineer work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Security function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Information security analysts”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open application security engineer jobs
40

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Employment outlook
Projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$129,180

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
14,100

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
Among information security analysts, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Security openings that ask for AI skills
18%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Security openings that are remote
10%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. risk management15%
  2. 2. python14%
  3. 3. aws13%
  4. 4. audit13%
  5. 5. azure10%
  6. 6. ci/cd8%
  7. 7. linux7%
  8. 8. kubernetes6%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  2. 2. LLM application engineering
  3. 3. RAG and vector search
  4. 4. Model fine-tuning
  5. 5. Model training and deep learning
  6. 6. MLOps

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Open application security engineer jobs

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Where application security engineer jobs are

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Employers hiring application security engineers

  • Liftoff 8
  • Innovasolutions 3
  • Truist Financial 2
  • Vestwell 2
  • iCapital 1
  • Innova Solutions 1
  • Steampunk 1
  • Sonarsource 1
  • YO AI Labs 1
  • SherlockTalent 1

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