Senior Security Software Engineer, Vulnerability Management

Salesforce

Senior Software Engineer building systems for security vulnerability management at Salesforce. Collaborating with teams to automate and scale vulnerability detection and remediation.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeAtlanta • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $172,500 - $260,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain the systems and tooling to detect, track, and remediate security vulnerabilities across our organization
Drive technical strategy for automation and scaling vulnerability management
Work closely with security engineers, product teams, and infrastructure partners to tackle complex challenges
Raise the bar for how the team builds software
Contribute towards the technical architecture for vulnerability management tooling
Design and develop high-quality, scalable engineering solutions
Drive integration strategy across vulnerability scanners, aggregation pipelines, and downstream systems
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to embed security automation deeper into the development lifecycle
Identify systemic gaps and propose solutions, driving them to completion

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder)
6+ years of industry software engineering experience, with a meaningful portion in security engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure-adjacent domains
Deep proficiency in Python, with a strong track record of writing production-grade, tested, maintainable code in complex systems
Demonstrated experience owning and delivering end-to-end engineering projects, from early-stage design through production deployment and ongoing operation
Solid understanding of vulnerability management concepts, including how vulnerabilities are discovered, classified, prioritized, and remediated in enterprise environments
Experience building or maintaining integrations with security tooling such as vulnerability scanners, SIEM systems, or similar platforms
Comfort working with CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows, and modern software delivery practices
Experience working across teams and communicating technical concepts clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Strong judgment in the face of ambiguity, and a track record of asking the right questions before building rather than after.

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical, dental, vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonvulnerability managementCI/CD pipelinesproduction-grade codeintegration with security toolingversion control workflowsscalable engineering solutionsautomationtechnical architectureend-to-end engineering projects

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingjudgmenttechnical strategystakeholder engagementambiguity managementcross-functional teamworkclear technical conceptsdriving solutions to completion