Senior Security Engineer - AI & Enterprise Security

Salesforce; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring Senior and Lead Security Engineers for the Secure AI team to help assess and maintain the security of AI tooling at scale.

You will partner with business and tech stakeholders to ensure AI deployments meet Salesforce security requirements, identify threats, and design processes that balance security with business agility. Strong communication and a background in development are valued.

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.

Skills

Security assessments

AI security

LLMs

Threat modeling

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Penetration testing

Job description

Salesforce is hiring Senior and Lead Security Engineers for the Secure AI team to help assess and maintain the security of AI tooling at scale.

You will partner with business and tech stakeholders to ensure AI deployments meet Salesforce security requirements, identify threats, and design processes that balance security with business agility. Strong communication and a background in development are valued.