Staff Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 25 job postings with the title “Staff Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is threat modeling, with demand down 91% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Staff Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 25 job postings with the title “Staff Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 91% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Staff Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Staff Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are threat modeling, Python, Application security, vulnerability management, Kubernetes.
+Which cities are hiring the most Staff Security Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Staff Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, Warsaw, Austin.
+Is Staff Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 25 Staff Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 91% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Staff Security Engineer postings is threat modeling, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Staff Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Staff Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| threat modeling | 12 | 13.6% |
| Python | 7 | 8.0% |
| Application security | 7 | 8.0% |
| vulnerability management | 6 | 6.8% |
| Kubernetes | 6 | 6.8% |
| Cloud Security | 6 | 6.8% |
| authentication | 6 | 6.8% |
| authorization | 6 | 6.8% |
| RBAC | 5 | 5.7% |
| AWS | 5 | 5.7% |
| incident response | 5 | 5.7% |
| Security engineering | 5 | 5.7% |
| security automation | 4 | 4.5% |
| Security controls | 4 | 4.5% |
| CI/CD pipelines | 4 | 4.5% |
Top metros hiring Staff Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 2 | 15.4% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 15.4% |
| Toronto | 2 | 15.4% |
| Warsaw | 2 | 15.4% |
| Austin | 1 | 7.7% |
| Brasil Novo | 1 | 7.7% |
| Charlotte | 1 | 7.7% |
| London | 1 | 7.7% |
| Prague | 1 | 7.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Staff Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Staff Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
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