Senior/Lead Enterprise Security Engineer — AI Security

salesforce.com, inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring Senior and Lead Security Engineers for the Secure AI team to assess and maintain the security of using AI tooling securely. You will partner with stakeholders to ensure AI deployments meet security requirements at scale and share expertise through internal events and research.

You will lead security assessments of AI tooling, provide remediation guidance, and develop automated tooling to improve security across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a security role (Senior)
• 8+ years of experience in a security role (Lead)
• Experience with large language models (LLMs) and agentic systems - building, evaluating, or securing them
• Familiarity with AI security attack surfaces including prompt injection, data exfiltration, privilege escalation in agents, and model supply chain risks
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, critical-thinking, and communication skills
• A related technical degree required

Responsibilities

• Lead by performing in-depth and high-quality security assessments of emerging technology (AI tooling, agentic platforms, etc.) including architecture and design reviews, code reviews, and penetration tests.
• Provide guidance to team members and prospective suppliers on Salesforce security requirements including remediation advice and potential feature enhancements.
• Threat model common attacker methods to develop appropriate mitigation techniques, providing guidance that balances security requirements with functional requirements.
• Develop automated processes and support improvement of tooling to identify and solve problems at scale.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and business partners to drive solutions through a secure development lifecycle. Ideally would have development background.
• Define and develop technical security standards and guidelines with business partners.
• Research new technologies, emerging threats, and vulnerabilities for strategic planning and process improvements.
• Use your writing and presentation skills to communicate at all levels in the organizations.
• Possess the ability to communicate concisely, clearly, and intelligently to partners from a variety of backgrounds, including those who are non-technical.

Skills

Senior security

Lead security

LLMs

AI security

Threat modelling

Secure SDLC

Communication

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Penetration testing

Security tooling

Job description

Salesforce is hiring Senior and Lead Security Engineers for the Secure AI team to assess and maintain the security of using AI tooling securely. You will partner with stakeholders to ensure AI deployments meet security requirements at scale and share expertise through internal events and research.

You will lead security assessments of AI tooling, provide remediation guidance, and develop automated tooling to improve security across the organization.