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33 senior staff security engineer jobs at 22 companies in Salinas, CA

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Senior Staff Security Engineer - Network Security
Denver or San Francisco or New York City or San Jose
$210k-$270k/yr HybridFull Time
Gusto
Gusto: Cloud-based payroll and HR software for small businesses.
10+ YOE10+ years in security engineering; Cloudflare WAF/DDoS/Zero Trust; Terraform/Crossplane; AWS networking; incident response; AI-native workflows; security certifications.
Cloudflare, Terraform, Crossplane, AWS, CloudFront, WAF, DDoS, Zero Trust, Panther, Wiz, CrowdStrike, Claude Code, MCP-driven tooling, LLM automations
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Senior Staff Engineer ( Device Security )
Santa Clara, California, United States
$126k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
Degree in Computer Science; strong security research with hands-on software development; Windows security knowledge; AI/LLM familiarity; networking; programming in C/C++, Python, Go, or Java; security domain experience.
C/C++, Python, Go, Java, Windows, AI/LLM
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Staff Security Engineer Manager, Enterprise Security Cloud
San Jose or Kirkland or New York City
$207k-$301k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
8+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's degree or equivalent; 8+ years security engineering experience, 3+ years leading technical teams; security assessments/threat modeling experience; EM/Cloud security experience preferred.
Google Cloud Platform
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Staff Cloud Security Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$156k-$224k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Bloom Energy
Bloom EnergyNYSE: BE: Manufactures solid oxide fuel cell systems for onsite power.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree and 10+ years in security engineering with hands-on AWS/Azure cloud security, CI/CD and IaC automation, IAM, network and data protection, and experience applying NIST/CIS/Zero Trust frameworks.
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, Azure Machine Learning, OpenAI APIs, DSPM, CSPM, CNAPP, SIEM, SOAR, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code
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Senior Staff Software Engineer
San Jose or Draper
$176k-$259k/yr HybridFull Time
BILL
BILLNYSE: BILL: Automated financial operations software for small and midsize businesses.
12+ YOE12+ years building risk/security platforms in fintech, JVM/Java systems, AWS, access control, real-time pipelines, ML operationalization, and using AI tools to improve engineering.
Java, AWS, Kafka, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Claude
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Senior Staff Software Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane)
San Jose, California, United States
$158k-$225k/yr HybridFull Time
Zscaler
ZscalerNASDAQ: ZS: Provides cloud-native cybersecurity solutions through zero trust architecture.
8+ YOE8+ years building large-scale networking/security applications with expertise in C/C++; strong data structures & algorithms, Linux/Unix experience, BS in CS/CE or equivalent, and familiarity with AI tools.
C, C++, Linux, Unix, DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, AI
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Senior Staff Platform and Product Security AI engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$174k-$331k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
12+ YOE12+ years security engineering; strong product security fundamentals; Python/Java/TypeScript/Go; AI/agent frameworks; production-grade security; strong communication; CISSP/CCSP advantageous.
Python, Java, TypeScript, Go, AI frameworks
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Sr Staff Software Engineer
San Jose or Austin
$197k-$292k/yr HybridFull Time
PayPal
PayPalNASDAQ: PYPL: Digital platform for sending money and processing online payments.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience; identity/authentication/security focus; Bachelor's degree or equivalent; strong communication; AWS and Terraform preferred.
Python, Java, Go, AWS, Terraform, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn
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Security Engineer, Principal Member of Technical Staff (CA, US, 95131)
San Jose, California, United States
$155k-$236k/yr OnsiteFull Time
QuantumScape
QuantumScapeNYSE: QS: Develops next-generation solid-state batteries for electric vehicles.
10+ YOE10+ years in cybersecurity; incident response, network security, threat intel, vulnerability management; strong communication; onsite 5 days/week.
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Staff Performance Engineer, Data Protection & Security Platform Engineering
Santa Clara, California, United States
$203k-$226k/yr HybridFull Time
Cohesity
Cohesity: AI-powered data security and management software provider.
10+ YOE10+ years experience, BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent), expertise in performance analysis and modeling, strong OS/hardware knowledge, and scripting skills in GoLang and Python.
GoLang, Python
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Sr. Staff/Staff Engineer, Digital Design
San Diego or San Jose
OnsiteFull Time
InnoPhase IoT
InnoPhase IoT: Develops ultra-low power wireless semiconductor platforms for IoT devices.
Deep RTL/SystemVerilog expertise, SoC architecture knowledge, familiarity with AXI/AHB/APB/OBI, multi-clock/multi-power-domain and timing closure experience, skills with SystemVerilog, Python, Tcl, UPF, and security technologies (Arm TrustZone, Secure Boot, PSA Level 2+); MS/PhD preferred.
SystemVerilog, Python, Tcl, UPF, AXI, AHB, APB, OBI, Arm TrustZone
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Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$190k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Momentus
MomentusNASDAQ: MNTS: Provides orbital transportation and satellite infrastructure services.
12+ YOEBS in Mechanical Engineering, 12+ years relevant experience, mechanical design authority for spacecraft, SolidWorks and FEA proficiency, GD&T familiarity, testing (vibration, TVAC), ability to obtain USG security clearance, U.S. citizenship/LPR required.
SolidWorks, Finite element analysis (FEA)
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Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$191k-$334k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ServiceNow
ServiceNowNYSE: NOW: Provides a cloud platform for automating enterprise digital workflows.
10+ YOE10+ years of software engineering experience, including production-scale SaaS and AI-native applications; expertise in architecture, distributed systems, prompts, agent evaluation, security, and technical leadership.
ServiceNow, Java, JavaScript, React, Angular, Vue
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Staff SW Systems Engineer – GovRamp & FedRamp Compliance - 103396
San Jose, California, United States
$170k-$210k/yr HybridFull Time
Extreme Networks
Extreme NetworksNASDAQ: EXTR: Provides cloud-managed networking hardware and software solutions.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering with 3+ years in security/compliance; experience with security scanning, vulnerability management, GovRamp/FedRamp, CI/CD, container and cloud security; proficiency in Java/Python/Go/C#.
Tenable, Snyk, Sonarqube, Checkmarx, Coverity, Fortify, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Acunetix, Black Duck, WhiteSource, Dependabot, Trivy, Twistlock, Aqua Security, CloudSploit, ScoutSuite, Prowler, Java, Python, Go, C#, JavaScript, Maven, Gradle, npm, pip, cargo, Git, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Transform
San Jose, California, United States
$188k-$282k/yr HybridFull Time
FloQast
FloQast: Cloud-based platform for automating monthly financial close processes.
12+ YOERequires 12+ years shipping enterprise software and expertise in Go, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS, distributed systems, APIs, workflow orchestration, and secure SaaS architectures.
Go, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS
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Senior Engineer, Local AI - Agents and Systems
Santa Clara or Redmond
$184k-$357k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, 3+ years staff/lead experience preferred; BS/MS/PhD or equivalent; deep Windows internals and system security knowledge; LLM inference, CUDA and TensorRT experience; C++ and Python proficiency.
Nemoclaw, OpenClaw, Nemotron, Ollama, Llama.cpp, vLLM, CUDA, TensorRT, Hermes, LangChain, C++, Python, Windows
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Staff Survivability and Operations Analysis Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$131k-$180k/yr RemoteFull Time
Archer
ArcherNYSE: ACHR: Develops electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for urban mobility.
6+ YOE6-10 years aerospace experience; BS in engineering/CS/physics/math; DoD security clearance or ability to obtain; knowledge of RF/EW/EOIR/acoustics; Python/MATLAB; CAD; leading cross-disciplinary work.
Python, MATLAB, CAD, AFSIM, RF, EW, Acoustics
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Staff Software Developer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$179k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time
Fortinet
FortinetNASDAQ: FTNT: Develops and sells cybersecurity software and network security appliances.
5+ YOE5+ years software development in network or cloud security; strong Python and Golang; Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, time-series DB experience; familiarity with AWS, GCP, OpenStack; BS in CS/EE or related; strong problem-solving and AI/ML experience preferred.
Python, Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Compose, Kafka, AWS, GCP, OpenStack
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Staff Software Engineer II - Confluent Secure Compute
Poughkeepsie or Lowell or Rochester or Tucson or Research Triangle Park or Armonk or Boston or Bellevue or Atlanta or San Jose or Dallas or Austin or San Francisco or Seattle
$161k-$299k/yr HybridFull Time
IBM
IBMNew York Stock Exchange: IBM: Global technology providing enterprise software, cloud, and consulting.
10+ YOE10+ years building scalable backend/infrastructure systems; deep Kubernetes and Go expertise; experience with multi-tenant security, observability, public cloud integrations; demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship.
Kubernetes, Go, gRPC, Protobuf, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kata Containers, Cloud Hypervisor, cgroups, seccomp
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Staff Software Engineer - Rust and Distributed Systems (Bay Area, hybrid)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Fortanix
Fortanix: Provides confidential computing and data security for multicloud environments.
8+ YOERequires 8+ years of software engineering experience, distributed systems expertise, Rust or similar systems programming, microservices, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, Linux, and secure system design.
Rust, C, C++, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Linux, SQL, NoSQL, Intel SGX, AMD SEV, Nitro Enclaves, Microsoft
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