AI Application Security Engineer

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

As a Senior Application Security Engineer focused on AI security, you will help protect Schwab’s predictive, generative, and agentic AI capabilities throughout the software development lifecycle. You will design scalable security standards, architectures, testing capabilities, monitoring solutions, and guardrails that strengthen AI-enabled applications, models, APIs, and software supply chains.

Working with development, architecture, platform engineering, and security teams, you will assess emerging threats, evaluate complex risks, and translate findings into practical solutions. You will also help build and maintain internal AI security libraries, including prompt-input validation, output protection, redaction, PII safeguards, and automated testing. By integrating these capabilities into developer workflows, common frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines, you will enable teams to remediate vulnerabilities, make informed security decisions, and deliver secure AI capabilities at scale.

What you have

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in application security, security engineering, software engineering, or a related cybersecurity discipline

Experience implementing and governing secure software development lifecycle practices

Experience with application security, API security, authentication and authorization, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and software supply chain security

Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and modern application architecture

Proficiency in Python, Java, C#, Go, JavaScript, or another programming language

Exposure to cloud AI/ML frameworks, including AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or Google Cloud Vertex AI

Familiarity with GitHub and CI/CD tools

Working knowledge of HTTP protocols, HTTP proxies, and core networking concepts.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience securing generative AI, large language models, agentic AI platforms, or machine learning systems

Experience using large language models to develop agents, create AI harnesses, or solve business problems

Knowledge of prompt injection, model abuse, model poisoning, data leakage, excessive agency, and related AI threats

Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, or MITRE ATLAS

Experience with security testing, observability, and production monitoring

Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex risks, make sound decisions, and develop scalable security solutions

Ability to communicate technical risks and collaborate across development, architecture, platform engineering, and security teams

CISSP, CSSLP, cloud security, AI security, or another relevant industry certification

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.

What’s in it for you

At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions

Paid parental leave and family building benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance