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As investors on behalf of our clients, it is our role to find investment solutions. DWS is transforming its Technology function and growing its internal capabilities. As AI and other emerging technologies continue to reshape the business and threat landscape, we are building a focused AI Security capability that brings together the right mix of cybersecurity, engineering, architecture, data protection, offensive security, and risk expertise. These roles will help grow and evolve our security function so we can securely enable innovation while identifying and managing new and rapidly developing risks. The candidate for this role reports into the DWS CSO AI Security CoE Lead and will serve as a key member of the AI Security Team, responsible for engineering and implementing scalable security controls that enable the secure adoption of AI across the firm.
Engineer and integrate AI security guardrails, gateways, logging, monitoring, and controls.
Build automated security evaluations and testing harnesses.
Integrate AI security controls into APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments.
Support secure deployment and monitoring of LLM, RAG, and agentic applications.
5+ years of security engineering, DevSecOps, application security, cloud security, or vulnerability management engineering experience, with recent experience supporting AI/ML or GenAI solutions.
~ Strong Python, API, CI/CD, cloud, automation, logging, and security-tool integration skills.
~ Experience automating vulnerability discovery, validation, prioritization,



remediation workflows, and continuous security testing, with the ability to apply these practices to emerging AI attack surfaces.
~ Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

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DWS’ Hybrid Working model is designed to find the right balance between in-person collaboration and engagement in the office, which is core to our working culture, and working from home. Each business group varies on the split between time spent in the office and at home, but this will be discussed and made clear as part of your application and interview process. Examples of adjustments include providing a change to the format of the interview, or providing assistance when at the DWS office. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives.

📌 Security Engineer - VP (Madrid)
🏢 DWS Group
📍 Madrid