Offensive Security Researcher, Senior

Salesforce is hiring an Offensive Security Researcher, Senior in San Francisco, United States. It pays $149k-$224k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Salesforce.

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About Salesforce

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The Experience

We are looking for a Senior Offensive Security Researcher with an attacker mindset to discover, analyze, and remediate security vulnerabilities across our products and platforms.

This role focuses on identifying root causes, architectural weaknesses, and recurring security anti-patterns, and driving secure-by-default solutions that prevent vulnerabilities.

You will work alongside and influence engineering teams to shape design decisions, improve security posture, and advance overall application security maturity.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

Lead offensive security assessments (manual testing, code review, architectural analysis, threat modeling) across application ecosystems.
Identify critical, high-impact, and systemic vulnerabilities alongside isolated issues.
Drive security research to identify emerging attack vectors, abuse cases, and bypass techniques relevant to our applications and platforms.
Partner closely with software engineers, tech leads, and architects to: Explain risk, impact, and exploitability. Design and implement effective remediations. Ensure fixes are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with engineering realities.
Lead Secure by Default initiatives by: Applying security guardrails, patterns, and baseline controls. Remediating insecure defaults and unsafe configurations. Preventing vulnerabilities through platform-level and framework-level updates.
Influence application and platform designs early in the development lifecycle to prevent vulnerabilities before release.
Set and apply security standards, best practices, and architectural guidance during application development.
Mentor engineers and peers by sharing security knowledge and offensive techniques.
Collaborate with detection, monitoring, and incident response teams to improve visibility into real-world exploitation.

You're Our Person If...

7+ years of experience in Application Security or Offensive Security with an attacker mindset.
Demonstrated experience independently finding and remediating vulnerabilities in complex applications.
Deep understanding of: Web application security (OWASP Top 10 and beyond) Authentication & authorization flaws API security Injection attacks, logic flaws, and access control bypasses Secure design and threat modeling
Hands-on experience with manual security testing (beyond automated tools).
Ability to translate complex security findings into clear, actionable guidance for engineers and technical leadership.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of influencing engineering teams.

Even Better If...

Published security research or CVEs (technical blogs, advisories, whitepapers, or conference presentations).
Experience implementing platform-level or framework-level security improvements.
Background in vulnerability discovery, security research, or red teaming.
Experience implementing Secure by Default or security-by-design concepts.
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.
Ability to balance security requirements with product velocity and developer experience.

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.

Accommodations

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

How we rate this

Offensive Security Researcher, Senior at Salesforce rates 29 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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