Principal Product Security Engineer

salesforce.com, inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Principal Engineer, Product Security to lead security for its high-growth cloud products within Trust & Security. This role is a hands-on technical position reviewing architecture, modeling threats, reading code, and advising leadership on risk across multi-tenant SaaS and GovCloud deployments.

You will build scalable security programs, set security reviews, and guide product teams to secure AI/LLM features while aligning with FedRAMP/NIST/SOC2 frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in Product Security, Application Security, or Security Architecture.
• Experience across Application/Cloud/Data security and cross-domain collaboration.
• Proven track record building and scaling security programs.
• Experience reviewing source code and complex data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute end-to-end product security strategy for assigned units.
• Conduct architecture reviews and threat models for cloud environments.
• Review code, interfaces, and AI/LLM gateways to identify vulnerabilities.
• Advise engineering leadership on security risk and GA readiness when needed.

Skills

Product security

Cloud security

Data security

Security architecture

Code review

Threat modeling

Job description

Job Category

Product

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Job Title: Principal Engineer, Product Security

The Experience

The Product Security team sits within Trust & Security, partnering closely with engineering across Salesforce's fastest-growing cloud products - spanning AI-driven automation, data platforms, and core enterprise services. We act as the last line of defense before features reach customers, embedding security into design rather than patching after the fact.

We are looking for a Principal Engineer, Product Security to serve as the dedicated security authority for several high-growth business units. You will navigate deployment models ranging from multi-tenant SaaS (Software as a Service) to restricted public-sector and private-cloud architectures, build security programs where none exist today, and secure next-generation AI and large language model (LLM) features. This is a hands‑on technical role: you'll review architecture, model threats, read code, and advise engineering leadership directly on risk.

What You'll Be Doing

• Define and execute the end‑to‑end product security strategy for assigned business units, building scalable, repeatable review processes where none currently exist.
• Conduct architecture reviews and threat models for complex cloud environments, data platforms, and regulated public‑sector deployments.
• Review code, system integrations, and AI/LLM gateways directly to identify vulnerabilities and design flaws.
• Advise engineering leadership on security risk, including recommending a delay to General Availability (GA) when critical requirements are unmet.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of hands‑on experience in a Product Security, Application Security, or Security Architecture role.
• Demonstrated experience across Application Security, Cloud Security, and Data Security, including how these domains interact in practice.
• A track record of building and scaling a security program from the ground up, documented through specific projects you led.
• Experience reviewing source code and complex data architectures as part of a security assessment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing AI/LLM infrastructure, including prompt processing, data boundaries, and AI‑specific threat mitigation.
• Experience securing large‑scale data platforms or system integration pipelines.
• Experience building software for regulated environments such as private‑cloud, GovCloud (Government Cloud), or FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) deployments.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as FedRAMP, SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2), or NIST CSF (National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework).

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $344,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.