- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Pay
- $148.5k to $223.9k
At a glance
The role in plain English
This role is for a senior software engineer specialising in identity and access management within Salesforce's Enterprise Security Engineering team. The position focuses on designing and operating distributed authentication and authorisation services, device trust, and platform security. It suits experienced engineers with a background in cloud-scale security, distributed systems, and DevOps. Day-to-day work involves hands-on coding, system integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain and improve secure infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable authentication and authorisation services
- Develop and maintain system software for multiple operating systems
- Implement and operate large-scale security services in Golang or Python
- Integrate secure device attestation mechanisms including TPM-based trust
- Operate and improve services using a full DevOps model
What they're looking for
Essential
- 7+ years industry experience
- 5+ years building distributed systems in SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS
- Proficient in Golang and/or Python
- Strong experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Expertise in security protocols and identity frameworks
Nice to have
- Experience with TPM, HSM, or Secure Boot
- Familiarity with NIST, ISO, or SOC 2 frameworks
- Experience securing against OWASP Top 10 or CWE Top 25
- Understanding of MFA, Zero Trust, and secrets management
Core skills
- Golang
- Python
- Distributed systems
- PKI
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- DevOps
- TLS
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 experience designing distributed authentication services in a cloud environment.
- 02How have you implemented device attestation or hardware-backed security in previous roles?
- 03Explain your approach to operating and troubleshooting large-scale security services.
- 04What DevOps practices have you used to ensure high availability and reliability in production systems?
About Salesforce
The employer is Salesforce. The team designs and operates scalable, fault-tolerant security systems for cloud and internal infrastructure.
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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.
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The Experience
The Salesforce Enterprise Security Engineering team designs and operates highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems that deliver cloud-scale security software across multiple public cloud platforms and Salesforce's internal infrastructure. We provide the core building blocks that protect customer trust in Salesforce's products and services.
As a software engineer on our Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform team, you work at the intersection of distributed systems and enterprise security — building the foundational services that let every Salesforce engineer operate securely, regardless of environment. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role on one of our most critical platform investments: a unified, policy-driven containment and device trust infrastructure underpinning Salesforce's Zero Trust and Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Design and build scalable authentication and authorization services for distributed environments.
- Develop and maintain system software for multiple operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows).
- Implement and operate large-scale security services using Golang or Python.
- Integrate and extend secure device attestation mechanisms, including Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-based hardware trust.
- Contribute to platform-level identity and security solutions using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificates, and secure transport.
- Build and manage containerized workloads with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
- Operate and maintain services in a full DevOps model: monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve.
- Work in an Agile team to deliver iteratively and collaboratively.
- Partner with cross-functional teams across security, infrastructure, and engineering to ensure platform integrity and trustworthiness.
You're Our Person If...
- You have 7+ years of industry experience, including at least 5+ years building distributed systems in Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments, and 5+ years operating in high-availability, mission-critical environments (99.999% uptime).
- You have strong experience designing and operating distributed systems on public cloud platforms (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure).
- You are proficient in Golang and/or Python.
- You have expertise in security protocols and identity frameworks: Transport Layer Security (TLS), OAuth, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), PKI, and certificates.
- You are familiar with system patterns and Application Programming Interface (API) standards including REST and OpenAPI/Swagger.
- You have solid understanding of DevOps practices, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), monitoring, and full ownership of production systems.
- You have experience building software for Linux and/or Windows environments.
- You have experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or AWS CodeBuild.
- You have a working understanding of large-scale infrastructure-as-a-service platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack).
- You are familiar with source code management and version control systems (e.g., git, Perforce).
- You have hands-on experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- You have strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset that prioritizes team success.
- A related technical degree required.
Even Better If...
- You have prior experience developing system-level features related to platform security or device attestation.
- You have experience working with hardware-backed security mechanisms such as TPM, Hardware Security Module (HSM), or Secure Boot.
- You are familiar with security compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO, or SOC 2.
- You have experience securing products and infrastructure against the OWASP Top 10 and/or CWE Top 25.
- You have broad exposure to security disciplines and a deep understanding of models behind core security concepts such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Zero Trust, and securely managing secrets or tokens.
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. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
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The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. 

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