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LiteLLM
About LiteLLM
LiteLLM offers an open-source SDK and proxy server that let developers call more than 100 language model providers through one OpenAI-style interface. The remote Senior Security Engineer posting describes the company's first security hire, focused on application security across its Python codebase, infrastructure and delivery pipeline. The other two openings are a Senior Security Engineer, Product & Platform and a Senior Security Operations / Detection Engineer, both based in San Francisco.
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, CyberJobs.cc shows 3 security openings at LiteLLM, and their stated salaries usually fall between $245k and $280k a year (midpoint $250k).
LiteLLM security openings
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Senior Security Operations / Detection Engineer (shows the role here)
SecOps & IR · San Francisco· 1w agoDetails
$220,000–$280,000/yr
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Working at LiteLLM
LiteLLM is made by BerriAI, a San Francisco company founded by Krrish Dholakia and Ishaan Jaffer that took part in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. Its security postings state $245k–$280k/yr typically (median $250k/yr).
Hiring now, with salaries read from its own postings3 open roles at LiteLLM, confirmed on its careers system 13 Nov 2026.
Salaried startup engineering roles, two in San Francisco and one remote.
San Francisco is the base for the product and platform engineer and the detection engineer, while the first Senior Security Engineer opening is remote.
Salaries at LiteLLM
From its open postings · 13 Nov 2026Midpoint $250k/yr, across 3 postings with a salary range, running from $220k/yr up to $280k/yr.
Computed from 3 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours).
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppSec | 2 | $220k–$280k/yr2 rates | $280k/yr |
| SecOps & IR | 1 | $220k–$280k/yr1 rate | $280k/yr |
LiteLLM's best-paid open roles
Sort all 3 by salarySenior Security Operations / Detection Engineer (shows the role here)
SecOps & IR · San Francisco· 1w agoDetails
$220,000–$280,000/yr- $220,000–$280,000/yr
- $220,000–$260,000/yr
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LiteLLM: common questions
What salary does LiteLLM offer security staff?
LiteLLM's security postings usually state $245k–$280k/yr, centred on $250k/yr, going by the 3 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $220k/yr and the highest $280k/yr.
What sort of company is LiteLLM?
LiteLLM is made by BerriAI, a San Francisco company founded by Krrish Dholakia and Ishaan Jaffer that took part in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch.
What is it like to work in security at LiteLLM?
Its security postings state $245k–$280k/yr typically (median $250k/yr). As an AI lab, it is building security around models, research data and large compute clusters.
What kind of employment are LiteLLM's security roles?
Salaried startup engineering roles, two in San Francisco and one remote.
Where are LiteLLM's security jobs based?
San Francisco is the base for the product and platform engineer and the detection engineer, while the first Senior Security Engineer opening is remote.
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