Offensive Security Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 65 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is penetration testing.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Offensive Security Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 65 job postings with the title “Offensive Security Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Offensive Security Engineer jobs require?
Across Offensive Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are penetration testing, Offensive Security, Red Teaming, Python, MITRE ATT&CK.
+Which cities are hiring the most Offensive Security Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Offensive Security Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Bengaluru, Paris, Salvador, San Jose.
+Is Offensive Security Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 65 Offensive Security Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Offensive Security Engineer postings is penetration testing, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Offensive Security Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Offensive Security Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Offensive Security Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before Offensive Security Engineer
Roles after Offensive Security Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Security Consultant | 2 |
| Before: Cybersecurity Engineer | 2 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 1 |
| Before: Cybersecurity Team Lead | 1 |
| Before: Offensive Security Tech Lead | 1 |
| Before: Business Solution Architect | 1 |
| Before: Information Security Analyst | 1 |
| Before: Information Security Officer | 1 |
| After: Penetration Tester | 3 |
| After: Application Security Engineer | 2 |
| After: Vice President | 1 |
| After: Security Researcher | 1 |
| After: Systems Development Engineer | 1 |
| After: Red Team Security Engineer | 1 |
| After: Offensive Security Consultant | 1 |
Skills most often required for Offensive Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| penetration testing | 44 | 67.7% |
| Offensive Security | 35 | 53.8% |
| Red Teaming | 34 | 52.3% |
| Python | 26 | 40.0% |
| MITRE ATT&CK | 24 | 36.9% |
| OWASP Top 10 | 18 | 27.7% |
| exploit development | 16 | 24.6% |
| Burp Suite | 16 | 24.6% |
| Nmap | 14 | 21.5% |
| vulnerability research | 14 | 21.5% |
| Go | 14 | 21.5% |
| threat modeling | 14 | 21.5% |
| Cobalt Strike | 13 | 20.0% |
| AWS | 13 | 20.0% |
| Sliver | 12 | 18.5% |
Top companies posting Offensive Security Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Twilio | 5 |
| ClickHouse | 5 |
| Stripe | 4 |
| Array | 3 |
| Cloaked | 3 |
| Sportygroup | 3 |
| Palantir | 3 |
| Samsara | 3 |
| OpenAI | 2 |
| Decathlontechnologyen | 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Offensive Security Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 4 | 6.2% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 3.1% |
| Paris | 2 | 3.1% |
| Salvador | 2 | 3.1% |
| San Jose | 2 | 3.1% |
| Tel Aviv | 2 | 3.1% |
| Toronto | 2 | 3.1% |
| Washington | 2 | 3.1% |
| Austin | 1 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Offensive Security Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Offensive Security Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-30
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