Security CareerNov 20, 2021
BloombergQDot61

Security enginner vs software engineer TC at bloomberg

I’m a security engineer outside ENGG. Is it not reasonable of me to ask to be paid the same as software engineers in ENGG? Yoe 2.5 yrs TC 150

Marqeta SWUT24 Nov 20, 2021

Sounds reasonable to me.

Amazon Mohammad1 Nov 20, 2021

Security engineers are generally paid more

Bloomberg QDot61 OP Nov 21, 2021

What standards do you think i can bring up to my manager to make my case?

Amazon Mohammad1 Nov 21, 2021

At FAANG companies like Amazon, security engineers are paid more. But I don't know th market factors

Raytheon DevAway Dec 2, 2021

Do you write code? There are different types of security engineers, and the ones that can code in addition to having security expertise are the ones that make more. A security engineer that doesn't write code probably won't make as much as a software engineer