Experienced Info Security Engineer (AI Automation)

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.

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 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.

$84600 - $187200 / year

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

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 number of days provided.

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Job level

We’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills.

Work Environments
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Charlotte, NC, or Raleigh, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

Investment Code of Ethics

For Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

Experience Principal

While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees – individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we’re an exceptional place to grow your career.

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

10/30/2026

10/30/2026