# AI Security Engineer at Appian

- Company: Appian
- What the company does: AI automation for critical processes. Appian orchestrates AI agents, systems, and people on an enterprise platform, without replacing your systems. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://appian.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: McLean, Virginia
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/appian/jobs/8201099
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/appian-ai-security-engineer/

## About the role

At Appian, we believe our greatest innovations spring from in-person collaboration. Joining our team at our McLean headquarters means you will work alongside elite security architects in a high-velocity environment that prioritizes your professional growth. This role offers an unparalleled launchpad to transition academic knowledge into real-world impact, giving you direct ownership over intrusion detection capabilities and cloud-based defense strategies for our Enterprise-Grade Orchestration ecosystem.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: At least 2 years of experience programming with Python, Go, Scala, or Java
- You are a Builder First: You take immense pride in shipping clean, production-grade, asynchronous code. You care about system architecture as much as model accuracy
- Thrives in Ambiguity: Building an Agentic SOC means charting unknown territory. You love breaking down abstract, high-level security problems into concrete, execution-ready AI systems

Tags: Information Security