Software Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-20, Skillenai has indexed 30 job postings with the title “Software Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is threat modeling, with demand up 10% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-20
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+How many Software Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 30 job postings with the title “Software Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-20, with demand up 10% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Software Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Software Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-20, the skills mentioned most often are threat modeling, SAST, Encryption, CI/CD, DAST.
+Which cities are hiring the most Software Security Engineer?
As of 2026-09-20, Software Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Menlo Park, Pune, Seattle, Torrance.
+Is Software Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 30 Software Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-20, with demand up 10% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Software Security Engineer postings is threat modeling, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Software Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Software Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| threat modeling | 13 | 43.3% |
| SAST | 9 | 30.0% |
| Encryption | 9 | 30.0% |
| CI/CD | 8 | 26.7% |
| DAST | 8 | 26.7% |
| cryptography | 8 | 26.7% |
| Python | 7 | 23.3% |
| SCA | 7 | 23.3% |
| network segmentation | 6 | 20.0% |
| Go | 6 | 20.0% |
| security architecture | 5 | 16.7% |
| IAM | 5 | 16.7% |
| agentic AI | 4 | 13.3% |
| RBAC | 4 | 13.3% |
| C/C++ | 4 | 13.3% |
Top metros hiring Software Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 3 | 10.0% |
| Menlo Park | 2 | 6.7% |
| Pune | 2 | 6.7% |
| Seattle | 2 | 6.7% |
| Torrance | 2 | 6.7% |
| Bastrop | 1 | 3.3% |
| Beaverton | 1 | 3.3% |
| Berlin | 1 | 3.3% |
| Colorado Springs | 1 | 3.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-20, matching postings whose canonical role is “Software Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Software Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-20
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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