Product Security Associate

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Product

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.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

About the Team

Product Security secures the products and platforms that power Salesforce's customers. As a Product Security Associate, you will partner closely with product and engineering teams to understand product goals and requirements, identify security risks, and help scale security practices across the product lifecycle.
This role offers the opportunity to identify emerging threats in AI-driven and agent-based products and to design security controls and processes that enable rapid, secure product innovation across Salesforce.

The Experience
We are looking for the best and brightest early career talent to join our team of world class, highly motivated Product Security Engineers and cloud computing experts. You will have a chance to be mentored and network with senior levels at Salesforce.

From Marketing Cloud to Service Cloud, Platform to IoT, Einstein Platform, Security and everything in between we have many opportunities available across various applications and platforms. Apply now and we look forward to reaching out to you with opportunities that fit your background and interests!

What You Will Be Doing

Secure AI-driven products by anticipating novel security risks and implementing safeguards where industry standards do not yet exist.
Conduct secure design reviews and threat modeling to proactively identify threats and translate them into prioritized mitigations and clear security requirements.
Partner closely with product and engineering teams to design and implement security controls across distributed systems, including microservice architectures, cloud services, and platforms.
Integrate shift-left security practices across the development lifecycle, from early design through production.
Triage and drive remediation of findings from penetration tests, red team exercises, and bug bounty programs.
Identify and address evolving security needs across AI/ML features, agent-based systems, and AI models and pipelines.

What You Should Have

Knowledge of evolving security risks affecting AI/ML products, agent-based systems, AI models and pipelines.
Demonstrated adversarial mindset, with the ability to develop threat models and partner with engineering teams to reduce security risk.
Experience securing multi-cloud platforms and multi-tenant SaaS systems, including Kubernetes- and Docker-based environments.
Practical experience performing manual and tool-assisted secure code reviews across languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or similar.
Hands-on experience conducting security assessments using common tools such as Burp Suite, Nessus, Metasploit, and Nmap.
At least 3–5 years of experience in application, product, or security engineering, or a related technical security role.
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly convey security risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred / Nice to Have

Hands-on experience exploiting AI/ML and GenAI security risks, including model poisoning, RAG data leakage, and runtime attack vectors.
Experience supporting offensive security programs, including bug bounties, red teaming, and penetration testing.
External presentations and/or development of open-source security projects or tools.

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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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 $108,400 - 146,000 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $159,000 annually.

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

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Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

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 $108,400 - $146,000 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $130,500 - $159,000 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

Product Security Associate at Salesforce rates 14 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.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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