Product Vulnerability Engineer

Socket.dev; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce’s security team seeks a Product Vulnerability Engineer to lead responses to lower/moderate vulnerabilities and to assist with high-severity incidents. You will triage issues, coordinate remediation, and analyze exploit indicators while collaborating with partner teams.

You will communicate findings clearly to non-technical colleagues and thrive in a fast-paced environment focused on secure software and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in information security or related roles with vulnerability response experience.
• Ability to triage multiple vulnerabilities and distinguish urgent issues from important ones.
• Strong written and verbal communication to explain complex scenarios to non-technical colleagues.
• Experience with common vulnerability types and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead response to lower/moderate vulnerabilities and assist with high-severity incidents.
• Triage, track, and prioritize vulnerabilities; coordinate remediation efforts.
• Analyze exploit indicators and communicate findings to stakeholders clearly.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Threat analysis

OWASP Top 10

Forensics techniques

Communication skills

Networking basics

Web proxy knowledge

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure

Job Details

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.

The Experience

The security team at Salesforce deals with the most challenging problems in information security and we are seeking a Product Vulnerability Engineer to join one of the world's leading vulnerability response teams!

The pace and variety of our work creates a unique learning environment, whether you are starting out or have deep security experience. You will be given unique challenges and the tools to solve them, surrounded by exceptional colleagues, and supported by incredibly helpful partner teams.

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) operating on U.S. Soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

Product Vulnerability Engineers are responsible for leading the response to lower/moderate severity vulnerabilities and participating in the response to high severity vulnerabilities. Successful vulnerability engineers thrive on challenge, are calm under pressure, and can think critically.

You're Our Person If You Have:

• 5-7 years experience in information security or closely related roles, with direct experience of security vulnerability response.
• Ability to manage and constantly triage multiple security vulnerabilities, differentiating urgent issues from the merely important.
• Ability to stand back from a complex problem, logically assess the facts, and formulate a plan of action - even in the worst of situations.
• Experience managing common types of security vulnerabilities, e.g., OWASP Top 10.
• Familiarity with common threats and issues related to security vulnerabilities, e.g., credential phishing, internal data spillage events, and inadvertent data leaks.
• Application forensics skills, including collecting and analyzing code artifacts to assess potential impact if the vulnerability were to be exploited.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively and clearly communicate complex scenarios to non-technical colleagues.
• Exceptional technical basics, including networking fundamentals, common application protocols, system architecture, and basics of software development.
• Strong knowledge of web proxy tools and techniques.
• Ability to research and learn unfamiliar technologies quickly, adapting existing knowledge and processes to investigate and resolve security issues.
• Broad information security knowledge, including some familiarity with key regulations and standards relating to security vulnerability response.

Even Better If You Have:

• Prior experience in a large and complex organization, operating across numerous locations and with a high degree of change.
• Experience reproducing proof of concept exploitation steps.
• Experience judging the priority of a vulnerability based on risk and impact.
• Experience securing applications and infrastructure in Amazon Web Services and similar IaaS / PaaS platforms.
• Deep application security knowledge, with the ability to map an application vulnerability to exploitation indications and relevant investigative techniques.
• Relevant incident response or information security certifications, such as GIAC GWAPT, GIAC GCIH, GIAC GPEN, GIAC GXPN, Offensive Security OSCP.

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.

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 love.

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The typical base salary range for this position is $117,200 - $176,700 annually.The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.