AI-Driven Application Security Engineer

American Express; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express is seeking an Application Security Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen security across software lifecycles. You will collaborate with engineers, product teams, and cybersecurity partners to reduce risk while enabling innovation.

The role combines software development, automation, and security testing across modern architectures, APIs, cloud, and CI/CD environments, with ongoing growth in cybersecurity expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with strong security focus.
• Experience in applying security practices across the SDLC.
• Knowledge of regulatory and security standards.
• Experience with automation testing and security tooling.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and container ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, tests, and debugs secure software applications and systems.
• Incorporates security controls into CI/CD pipelines and SDLC processes.
• Performs secure code reviews and automated testing to maintain high-quality security.
• Monitors and supports software across test, integration, and production environments.
• Researches emerging threats and AI-enabled security technologies.

Skills

Security engineering

Application security

Python scripting

CI/CD

Cloud & container security

Secure SDLC

Threat detection

AI/ML for security

Code reviews

Automation testing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

CI/CD tooling

PostgreSQL/Oracle

React/Node/Go

Job description

American Express is seeking an Application Security Cybersecurity Engineer to strengthen security across software lifecycles. You will collaborate with engineers, product teams, and cybersecurity partners to reduce risk while enabling innovation.

The role combines software development, automation, and security testing across modern architectures, APIs, cloud, and CI/CD environments, with ongoing growth in cybersecurity expertise.