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Will AI replace application security engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting application security engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 71 live application security engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 56% of current application security engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
71live openings
56%ask for AI skills
35%remote
54companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Application Security, Python, Communication, CI/CD, OWASP, AWS — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Samsara | 6 |
| TripleLift | 3 |
| OpenAI | 3 |
| xAI | 2 |
| Sentry | 2 |
| Anthropic | 2 |
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