- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Pay
- $148.5k to $260.1k
At a glance
The role in plain English
This senior or lead Security Engineer role focuses on safeguarding the MeshMesh platform at Salesforce. The position suits experienced professionals with a background in application or infrastructure security, especially those familiar with cloud environments and large-scale distributed systems. Daily tasks include conducting security reviews, building security tooling, and collaborating with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and support compliance efforts.
What you'll do
- Conduct security reviews and threat modeling for new features and systems
- Build and maintain security tooling for vulnerability scanning and monitoring
- Partner with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and harden systems
- Support compliance and audit efforts as the platform scales
- Drive day-to-day security engineering execution and continuous control validation
What they're looking for
Essential
- 4-8 years of relevant experience
- Experience in application or infrastructure security engineering
- Experience with public cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- 2+ years with object oriented programming languages
- Experience building large scale distributed systems in cloud environments
Nice to have
- Relevant security certification (e.g. CISSP, OSCP)
- Experience securing networking or IoT platforms
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with AI security frameworks (OWASP LLM/Agentic Top 10, MITRE ATLAS)
Core skills
- Threat modeling
- Vulnerability scanning
- Cloud security
- Object oriented programming
- Distributed systems
- Security tooling
- Compliance
- AI-assisted development
Certifications mentioned
- CISSP
- OSCP
The shape of the job
Technical depth
4/5
Pace
3/5
Ownership
4/5
Teamwork
4/5
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How the pay compares
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- 01Describe your approach to threat modeling for new cloud features.
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- 03Explain how you would secure AI-assisted development workflows.
- 04What steps do you take to support compliance and audit in a scaling platform?
About Salesforce
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About Salesforce
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The Experience
The MeshMesh Security Engineer safeguards the platform and its customers by building security into every layer of the system, from infrastructure to application code.
Responsibilities
- Conduct security reviews and threat modeling for new features and systems.
- Build and maintain security tooling, including vulnerability scanning and monitoring.
- Partner with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and harden systems.
- Support compliance and audit efforts as the platform scales.
- Own day-to-day security engineering execution, driving vulnerability remediation, security improvements, and continuous control validation.
Required Skills/Experience
- You have 4-8 years of experience.
- You have experience in application or infrastructure security engineering.
- Experience with public cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure)
- 2+ years of deep understanding of object oriented programming and experience with at least one object oriented programming language (Java, Go, Python C++, C#)
- You have experience building large scale distributed systems, especially in cloud environments
- You are familiar with common security frameworks and threat modeling practices.
- You have experience with vulnerability scanning and remediation tooling.
- You are an Agentic Engineer - you understand how to secure and review AI-assisted development workflows built with Claude and similar tools, including agent loops and tool use.
Preferred Skills/Experience
- You hold a relevant security certification (e.g. CISSP, OSCP).
- You have experience securing networking or IoT platforms.
- You have hnowledge working with relational database MySQL, Postgres
- You are familiar with open source technologies, such as ZooKeeper, MongoDB
- You have experience building services with Docker and Kubernetes
- You have good knowledge with network technologies, such as TCP/IP, DNS or load balancer
- You are familiar with emerging AI security frameworks, such as OWASP LLM/Agentic Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS.
- You have understanding of emerging security challenges and controls within AI-assisted and agentic software development lifecycles.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI, Data, and CRM. We help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. We're committed to equality and creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our communities and customers.
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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 $148,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $285,800 annually.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.