Lead AI AppSec Engineer

Capital Group is building an internal AI platform to support enterprise AI solutions across the organization. This role will be one of the first dedicated application security engineers focused on embedding security into the platform and AI-enabled applications from the beginning.

 

This is a hands-on individual contributor role working closely with the AI platform and engineering teams to design and implement security controls, perform threat modeling, secure code and pipelines, and help build secure foundations for enterprise AI systems.

• Embed application security controls into AI-enabled applications and internal platform services
• Perform threat modeling and security design reviews for new systems and integrations
• Conduct secure code reviews and support vulnerability remediation
• Integrate and operate security tooling such as SAST, DAST, and SCA within CI/CD pipelines
• Help define guardrails, monitoring, and risk protections for AI-enabled systems
• Work directly with engineering teams to implement secure solutions
• Contribute to security architecture, implementation planning, and technical problem solving

• 8+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or Security Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with secure code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability remediation
• Experience implementing and operating application security tooling in CI/CD environments
• Experience securing modern applications, APIs, or enterprise platforms
• Ability to work directly with engineers as a technical peer in a hands-on environment
• Experience working in complex enterprise, SaaS, or technology environments
• Coding or scripting experience such as Python
• Experience working closely with platform or product engineering teams
• Interest in AI, AI-enabled systems, or emerging security challenges
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this posting. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

• Greenfield AI platform initiative
• Opportunity to help define how AI-enabled systems are secured across a large enterprise environment
• Hands-on role solving new security challenges in a rapidly evolving space
• High visibility role working across security and engineering teams