Product Vulnerability Engineer

Salesforce; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Product Vulnerability Engineer to join one of the world’s leading vulnerability response teams. You will lead responses to vulnerabilities, work with cross-functional teams, and help protect critical systems with a calm, analytical approach.

The role requires 5-7 years in information security, strong understanding of vulnerability management, and excellent communication skills. U.S. citizenship and background screening apply.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of information security or closely related roles, with direct experience in security vulnerability response.
• Experience managing multiple vulnerabilities and triaging urgent vs important issues.
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerability types.
• Strong verbal and written communication for non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead response to lower/moderate severity vulnerabilities and participate in high severity responses.

Skills

InfoSec experience

Vulnerability response

OWASP Top 10

Web proxy tools

Networking basics

Communication skills

Application forensics

Problem solving under pressure

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.

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.

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.

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. to not only shape the future - but to redefine what's possible - for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

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