Principal Platform Solution Engineer

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 190 000 - 280 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Principal Security Specialist Architect to design secure, scalable solutions on the Salesforce Platform and drive platform adoption within enterprise settings.

You will partner with sales and engineering teams to address governance, compliance, and developer productivity, ensuring risk is managed while enabling rapid innovation in AI-driven environments.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of global regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) and industry frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• Experience shaping security strategy for large-scale platforms and AI deployments.

Responsabilités

• Act as a technical thought partner and trusted advisor for stakeholders on secure, scalable solutions.
• Lead executive engagements with CISOs, CIOs, and CAIOs to align Trust Layer with risk appetite.
• Guide architectural decisions and evaluations to align platform capabilities with business and security objectives.
• Provide security-focused demonstrations, proofs of concept, and governance clarity for customers and teams.
• Advocate for secure development practices and a defensive-by-design mindset across Salesforce environments.

Connaissances

Security architecture

Executive engagement

Governance & compliance

Description du poste

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About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

We’re seeking a Principal Security Specialist Architect to join our Platform Specialist team. In this role, you’ll bring deep technical expertise and strategic insight to help customers securely harness the full power of the Salesforce Platform. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to design secure, scalable solutions and play a critical role in driving platform adoption across complex enterprise environments. You will be the bridge between cutting-edge innovation and enterprise-grade trust.

Your mission is to demonstrate how Salesforce’s infrastructure enables the safe deployment of Agentic AI (Agentforce) while maintaining a rigorous security posture. You must possess the technical depth to navigate complex use case discussions and the sales acumen to translate risk and governance models into clear business value. The Salesforce Platform is the foundation for enterprise innovation—empowering organizations to develop, deploy, and scale agentic applications securely and efficiently. As businesses navigate increasing demands for agility, security, and compliance, our Platform enables them to innovate with confidence.

What You’ll Do

Act as a technical thought partner and trusted advisor for all stakeholders, shaping secure, scalable solutions that address enterprise challenges in governance, compliance, and developer productivity.

Targeted Executive Engagement: Partner with sales teams to remove security as a blocker by speaking directly to CISOs, CIOs, and CAIOs, aligning Salesforce’s Trust Layer with their strategic risk appetite.

Guide customers through technical evaluations and architectural decisions, aligning Platform capabilities with their business and security objectives.

Deliver impactful technical presentations, demos, and proofs of concept to showcase the transformative potential of the Salesforce Platform.

Collaborate with Account Executives, architects, and partners to develop strategies and close high-value deals.

Advocate for secure development practices and help customers adopt a “secure by design” approach in their Salesforce environments.

Stay at the forefront of Platform innovations, bringing technical insight and thought leadership to customer engagements.

Data Governance & Sovereignty: Architect solutions that address complex data residency, discovery, and classification requirements, ensuring customers maintain full control over their metadata and sensitive information.

Compliance Leadership: Apply deep knowledge of global regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) and industry frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISO 42000, SOC2) to validate Salesforce's compliance posture in the context of generative AI.

Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers