AI AppSec Engineer Lead at Capital Group – Irvine | Jobyssey

“I can be myself at work.”

You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace.

We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.

“I can influence my income.”

You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

“I can lead a full life.”

You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success.

Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options
Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love
Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones

“I can succeed as a AI AppSec Engineer Lead at Capital Group”

As a Lead AI AppSec Engineer, you will work with application teams to ensure the security of custom and procured AI solutions. You will help enable Capital Group’s AI strategy by building and/or procuring solutions to protect a diverse set of enterprise AI platforms being built and deployed at Capital Group. You’ll collaborate with platform engineering, security engineering, and risk teams to ensure their solutions support scalable, secure adoption of AI.

Additionally, you’ll be expected to provide mentoring, advising diverse teams across the organization, and promoting AI Security principles across Capital Group.

Secure AI Development Lifecycle: You will procure and/or build technical solutions to embed automated security checks into the AI SDLC and ML-Ops.
AI Threat Modeling: You will threat model complex Agentic and AI systems and design security requirements collaboratively with developers, architects and business stakeholders
Code analysis: You will review code for security vulnerabilities in the context of AI-driven systems
Contribute to Standards and Policies: You will provide thought leadership for Information Security policies and standards for AI in collaboration with technology risk
AI/Agent SME: You will provide AI/Agent subject matter expertise for AI Incidents and Security Reviews, and help develop incident response playbooks for AI-related security incidents

“I am the person Capital Group is looking for.”

You have 8+ years of experience in information security, application security, platform security, or penetration testing, DevSecOps, network security and other security disciplines.
You have strong knowledge of security of safety risks of Large Language Models and AI Agents (OWASP for LLM Top 10, etcetera)
You have 5+ Years of experience automating security checks, including SAST, SCA, and DAST, directly into CI/CD pipelines
You have extensive experience with STRIDE/other threat modeling frameworks, agile workflows,
including Scrum and Kanban
You are experienced in at least one programming languages (Python, Java, .NET)
You can effectively partner and collaborate with stakeholder teams.
You have effective communication skills and the ability to outline security risks to leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

You have knowledge and experience with technologies including Kubernetes, Containers, CI/CD, and Cloud Service Providers
You are familiar with function and purpose of key AI platform components such as AI gateways (Kong, Databricks Mosaic AI Gateway, custom API orchestration), Model Orchestration (Examples LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)
You are familiar with key AI regulatory frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, GDPR, EU AI Act, etc
You have Information Security certifications (CISSP, SANS GIAC, CISA, etc.)

“I can apply in less than 4 minutes.”

You’ve reviewed this job posting and you’re ready to start the candidate journey with us. Apply now to move to the next step in our recruiting process. If this role isn’t what you’re looking for, check out our other opportunities and join our talent community.

“I can learn more about Capital Group.”

At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day. Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Glassdoor.‎

Charlotte Base Salary Range: $194,706-$311,530

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Southern California Base Salary Range: $226,893-$363,029

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New York Base Salary Range: $240,519-$384,830

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In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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