AI Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-05, Skillenai has indexed 89 job postings with the title “AI Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is threat modeling, with demand up 29% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-05
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+How many AI Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 89 job postings with the title “AI Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-05, with demand up 29% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI Security Engineer jobs require?
Across AI Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-05, the skills mentioned most often are threat modeling, Python, prompt injection, AI security, CI/CD.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Security Engineer?
As of 2026-08-05, AI Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Charlotte, McLean, Sydney, Pittsburgh, San Jose.
+Is AI Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 89 AI Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-05, with demand up 29% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI Security Engineer postings is threat modeling, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly AI Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for AI Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| threat modeling | 28 | 31.5% |
| Python | 26 | 29.2% |
| prompt injection | 25 | 28.1% |
| AI security | 24 | 27.0% |
| CI/CD | 16 | 18.0% |
| AWS | 16 | 18.0% |
| Cloud Security | 13 | 14.6% |
| data poisoning | 13 | 14.6% |
| Security engineering | 13 | 14.6% |
| MITRE ATLAS | 11 | 12.4% |
| logging | 8 | 9.0% |
| Guardrails | 8 | 9.0% |
| Application security | 8 | 9.0% |
| OAuth | 7 | 7.9% |
| Kubernetes | 7 | 7.9% |
Top metros hiring AI Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 6 | 6.7% |
| McLean | 4 | 4.5% |
| Sydney | 3 | 3.4% |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | 2.2% |
| San Jose | 2 | 2.2% |
| Taipei | 2 | 2.2% |
| Warsaw | 2 | 2.2% |
| Abu Dhabi | 1 | 1.1% |
| Barcelona | 1 | 1.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-05, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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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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