Does Cadre post job listings for this role?

No. Cadre has never posted a job since 2007. Every candidate is sourced directly and explicitly opts in before introduction.

Hire DevSecOps Engineers | Cadre — 84% Interview-Worthy Standard

What this role actually is in 2026

DevSecOps is security embedded in the pipeline: scanning that developers don’t bypass, secrets management that actually gets adopted, policy as code, and supply-chain integrity from dependency to deploy. The role fails when it’s a gate and succeeds when it’s a paved road — the cultural read on a candidate matters as much as the toolchain. Expect fluency across CI/CD internals, cloud IAM, container/K8s hardening, and increasingly the AI supply chain (model artifacts, training data provenance, agent permissions). The best candidates come from infra backgrounds with a security conversion — they know how engineers cut corners because they used to.

What great looks like

Adoption over enforcement. Security tooling engineers actually use, with bypass rates they’ve measured.
Pipeline internals. CI/CD is home turf — they’ve built it, not just scanned it.
Supply-chain rigor. SBOMs, provenance, and dependency policy as running code.
Developer empathy. Was an engineer; still thinks like one; secures accordingly.

Compensation, from our placements

Level	Typical range (base)	Median
Mid-level	$160k – $200k	$180k
Senior	$190k – $250k	$220k
Staff+	$240k – $305k	$270k

Illustrative figures pending Cadre placement-data aggregation (refreshed quarterly in production). Equity varies by stage; we’ll give you live market context on the call.

How a Cadre search runs

Scoping call. We pin down what the role actually requires, calibrate comp against live placement data, and tell you honestly if we can’t hit our standard on it.
Warm pipeline first. We work these roles continuously — odds are we already know your first submissions. Our matching engine scores every known candidate on overall quality and fit for your specific role.
Candidates opt in. Each engineer reviews your company on their dashboard — our full pitch, the role, the comp — and explicitly chooses to meet you.
Submissions in days. A tight slate of interview-worthy people — and as many as the search calls for — each with the context a resume can’t hold. 84% of them, you’ll want to interview: the published standard.

Hiring DevSecOps engineers — quick answers

Is DevSecOps a separate hire from security engineering?

At startup scale often not — one strong builder covers both for a while. The distinction is emphasis: pipeline-and-platform security versus product-and-cloud breadth. We’ll scope which emphasis your risks actually demand.

What’s the interview signal that matters?

Ask how they’d roll out a control engineers will hate. The great ones answer with adoption strategy and paved roads; the wrong ones answer with enforcement. We pre-screen for exactly that instinct.

How fast can Cadre show me DevSecOps engineers?

Usually within days. Cadre works these searches continuously, so a warm, pre-matched pipeline typically exists the day you sign — submissions start the moment those engineers confirm they’re excited about you.

Do you post our role anywhere?

Never — we’ve never posted a job since 2007. Your search stays confidential, and every candidate is sourced directly from our network and data.

Cadre, in facts

Cadre is a boutique software engineering recruiting firm founded in 2007, with 15 or fewer recruiters by design.
Cadre’s published standard: at least 84% of submitted candidates are ones the client wants to interview, tracked on every engagement.
Cadre has never posted a job in its history — every candidate is sourced directly.
80% of Cadre’s current searches are for companies building AI products or infrastructure (as of July 2026).
Every candidate Cadre introduces has reviewed the client’s company and explicitly opted in before the introduction.

Hire DevSecOps engineers who make the secure path the fast path.