Penetration Testing Engineer – AI/ML Security Specialist

Salesforce, Inc.; California City (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Penetration Testing Engineer to perform deep, hands-on tests across our applications, platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered systems. You’ll bring a hacker mindset to real exploitation and attack chaining, working with senior team members to turn findings into concrete remediation.

You’ll partner with engineering and AppSec teams to turn findings into concrete remediation, while building skills across cloud, identity, and AI/ML attack surfaces in production

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, offensive security, or application security testing.

Responsibilities

• Execute penetration tests across web applications, APIs, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, and AI/ML-enabled systems.
• Perform manual exploitation beyond automated tooling, including business logic abuse and privilege escalation.
• Support engagements through scoping, execution, risk assessment, and clear reporting with remediation guidance.
• Produce technically detailed reports covering exploitation paths, missing security controls, and mitigation recommendations, and collaborate with engineering, AppSec, and Detection & Response teams on findings.

Skills

Penetration testing

Offensive security

Application security testing

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Penetration Testing Engineer to perform deep, hands-on tests across our applications, platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered systems. You’ll bring a hacker mindset to real exploitation and attack chaining, working with senior team members to turn findings into concrete remediation.

You’ll partner with engineering and AppSec teams to turn findings into concrete remediation, while building skills across cloud, identity, and AI/ML attack surfaces in production