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Engine
About Engine
Engine, formerly Hotel Engine, runs a booking platform where companies reserve hotels, flights and rental cars for business and group travel at negotiated rates, with human travel agents and AI agents built in. Its security team has two openings among 71: a Staff Application Security Engineer and a VP, Security to lead the function. Both are remote in the United States.
From its own postings
, CyberJobs.cc shows 2 security openings at Engine, 2 of which name a salary range.
Engine security openings
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- $182,800–$215,000/yr
VP, Security (shows the role here)
Leadership · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$298,000–$400,000/yr
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Working at Engine
Elia Wallen founded the company in 2015 as Hotel Engine in Denver, where it is headquartered; privately held, it renamed itself Engine in 2024 after a Permira-led funding round. Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings).
2 security roles open at the last read2 open roles at Engine, confirmed on its careers system 12 Nov 2026.
Remote US positions on salary, from staff engineer up to executive.
Remote within the United States, for the engineer and the vice president alike.
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Salaries at Engine
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
Posted ranges (12 Nov 2026): $182,800 to $215,000 a year for the staff AppSec engineer and $298,000 to $400,000 for the VP, Security.
2 of its 2 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Engine, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppSec | 1 | $183k–$215k/yr1 rate | $215k/yr |
| Leadership | 1 | $298k–$400k/yr1 rate | $400k/yr |
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Engine: common questions
What salary does Engine offer security staff?
Stated per posting. Posted ranges (12 Nov 2026): $182,800 to $215,000 a year for the staff AppSec engineer and $298,000 to $400,000 for the VP, Security.
What sort of company is Engine?
Elia Wallen founded the company in 2015 as Hotel Engine in Denver, where it is headquartered; privately held, it renamed itself Engine in 2024 after a Permira-led funding round.
What is it like to work in security at Engine?
Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings). As a software company, its in-house team protects its product, customers and staff.
What kind of employment are Engine's security roles?
Remote US positions on salary, from staff engineer up to executive.
Where are Engine's security jobs based?
Remote within the United States, for the engineer and the vice president alike.
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