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Lead AI Security Engineer at Appian

Department: Information Security

Compensation

$150,000 – $275,000/yr

Location
McLean, Virginia
Type
Full-time
Level
lead/mgmt
Posted

Description

Appian is hiring a Lead AI Security Engineer (Agentic SOC) to build and deploy autonomous AI agents, agentic playbooks, RAG workflows, and LLM performance systems for an Agentic Security Operations Center. The role integrates with enterprise security platforms, designs human-in-the-loop escalation, and secures LLM architectures against prompt injection and other risks. It is an on-site position in McLean/Tysons, Virginia, requiring substantial software engineering, Python, cloud, AI, and security experience, with a base salary of $150,000–$275,000 USD.

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