Principal Software Engineer, Platform Security
Core
Architecting and building scalable security infrastructure, vulnerability scanning platforms, and endpoint protection systems to defend Salesforce's cloud environment and customer data.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer, Platform Security
Builds
End-to-end security data pipelines, vulnerability scanning platforms, and endpoint protection services for Salesforce's cloud infrastructure.
Domain
Cloud Security / Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, API development, database engineering, infrastructure hardening, event-driven architectures, security engineering, threat intelligence automation, cross-functional technical leadership
Preferred skills
Multi-language development (Python, Ruby), public cloud expertise (AWS, GCP, Azure), TCP/IP and SDN knowledge, cryptographic standards implementation, mentorship of senior engineers
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, Python, Ruby, REST APIs, EC2, VPC, S3, EMR, IAM, TCP/IP, SDN
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end software development for complex security data pipelines; Own system architecture for vulnerability scanning and endpoint protection platforms; Drive platform reliability through monitoring and infrastructure hardening; Design and build APIs and services including policy evaluation engines; Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers on architecture and technical growth; Collaborate cross-functionally to design and deploy technologies preventing intrusions.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic architecture and mentorship