Experienced Info Security Engineer (AI Automation) at Principal

Job description

What You'll Do Are you the person who automates the boring stuff just because you can? Do you spend your free time experimenting with AI tools, coding agents, or side projects? If so, we want to talk to you. Our AI Automation team is looking for an early-career engineer who is eager to learn, quick to try new things, and excited to turn emerging AI technology into real solutions that make work faster, smarter, and more secure. You’ll get hands-on experience with the latest AI tools, work alongside experienced engineers and product owners, and see your work make a measurable difference from day one. What you’ll do: Build AI-powered automations, agents, and tools that remove manual work and reduce risk. Direct AI coding agents to create applications and integrations, and review what they build. Connect enterprise systems using APIs and cloud services. Experiment with new AI capabilities and help decide what’s worth scaling. Partner with business and technology teams to spot problems worth solving. Who You Are We are looking for someone with: Associate or bachelor’s degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience 2+ years of software development, automation, technology, or related experience is required. 2+ years of experience working with AWS (GCP or Azure experience also welcome) is required. 1+ years of hands-on experience with agentic software development workflows is required. A solid grasp of programming fundamentals and APIs. Curiosity, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to explain your ideas clearly. Nice to haves: Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript experience. Exposure to Power Platform, Copilot Studio, GitHub, or large language models. Interest in security, identity, or risk. A project, hackathon, or internship you can’t wait to tell us about. Why you’ll love it here: Ground-floor opportunity: Join a new team and help shape how we use AI across the enterprise. Real impact: Your solutions go into production and solve real business problems. Room to grow: Learn from experienced engineers and build skills in one of tech’s fastest-moving fields. Freedom to experiment: We value curiosity and new ideas, try it, learn, and iterate. Salary Range Information Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary Range $84600 - $187200 / year Salary Details The following levels and locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different job levels and geographies. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience. Wichita, KS: Info Sec Engineer II: $84,600 - $114,400 / year Info Sec Engineer III: $104,400 - $140,400 / year Info Sec Sr Engineer I: $127,000 - 171,000 / year Des Moines, IA and Charlotte, NC: Info Sec Engineer II: $94,000 - $127,000 / year Info Sec Engineer III: $116,000 - $156,000/ year Info Sec Sr. Engineer I: 127,000 - 171,000/ year Chicago/Minneapolis: Info Sec Engineer II: $103,400 - $139,700 / year Info Sec Engineer III: $127,600 - $141,600/ year Info Sec Sr. Engineer I: 127,000 - 171,000/ year Los Angeles/New York City: Info Sec Engineer II: $112,800 - $152,400 / year Info Sec Engineer III: $139,200 - $187,200/ year Info Sec Sr. Engineer I: 127,000 - 171,000/ year Time Off Program Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set