Netflix Security Engineer jobs
Few seats, all remote, and L5 security pay posted at $400K–$680K in cash.
The Security Engineer (L5) role
Netflix security engineers work in a small, senior, autonomy-heavy org, mostly on cloud security and IAM across AWS and GCP, platform and workload identity, workforce security (including GenAI tools), Open Connect CDN protocol security and security analytics. Hires are expected to build tooling and drive work independently under the culture memo’s ‘context not control’ model. There is almost no entry-level path.
No public headcount. Security Engineering is a small, senior org that postings split into Infrastructure Security (Cloud Architecture, Tooling and Security, cloud identity and posture), Platform Security, Workforce Security, Application Security, detection engineering, Business Security Partners and Open Connect (CDN) security; roles are engineer levels L4–L7 with a ‘Security’ prefix rather than a separate ladder.
Netflix security engineer salary
Base: posted range on ‘Security Engineer (L5) – Cloud Architecture, Tooling and Security’ (posted May 21, 2026) is $400,000–$680,000, the same band as the IAM, Security Analytics and Business Security Partner L5 reqs; L6 reqs post $499,000–$900,000. Netflix pays salary only — no bonus, and employees choose salary versus stock options — so the posted range is effectively total cash comp. All-in: levels.fyi ‘Security Software Engineer’ at Netflix, US, all levels, 25th–75th percentile (median $600k, n≈12), Oct 2026.
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