Salesforce

Lead Software Engineer, Endpoint Security

Salesforce

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $200,800 - $276,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxMacOSPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Support Endpoint Security Strategy & Architecture
  • Contribute to defining the long-term technical roadmap for endpoint protection, including tools like CrowdStrike, EDR, Application Control, Vulnerability Scanning, etc.
  • Assist in Deployments & Coverage
  • Help ensure Enterprise-wide deployment of endpoint security tools, achieving high coverage by aligning tool capabilities to the enterprise device inventory (including rollout of agents across macOS, Windows, Linux, and mobile platforms).
  • Maintain Governance & Compliance
  • Support the definition and enforcement of policies, SOPs, and operational protocols for endpoint security tools.
  • Help ensure that endpoint hygiene meets or exceeds regulatory and compliance requirements.
  • Contribute to Automation & Resilience
  • Assist in the design of robust automation pipelines—leveraging scripting—to reduce manual effort, enforce consistency, and support rapid incident response.
  • Enhance Detection & Response Posture
  • Contribute to architecting rigorous detection logic and response workflows, collaborate with SIEM, SOAR, and telemetry teams to integrate and tune event ingestion, alerting, and remediation across multiple systems.
  • Innovate Security through Design
  • Engage in threat modeling, vendor evaluation, and platform enhancements; assist in proof-of-concepts (PoCs) for new technologies that align with evolving security and business needs.
  • Collaborate with security and engineering teams to integrate Endpoint services and ensure security policies are effectively enforced at scale.
  • Partner with Product Management throughout the entire project lifecycle, from initial design and vendor selection to implementation and ongoing operations, ensuring projects are delivered on time and with high quality.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for security services, policies, and procedures.
  • Stay current with the latest threats and technologies in the cloud security and endpoint security landscape, actively seeking opportunities to innovate and improve our security posture.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a hands-on security engineering role, with a strong focus on Endpoint Security Technologies & Solutions including EDR and vulnerability scanning tools.
  • Experience of contributing to significant security projects with major vendors like Tenable, Tanium, CrowdStrike, Qualys, Palo Alto, or similar.
  • Familiarity with CSPM solutions, including vendor products and cloud-native services from major providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Practical knowledge of managing client-server architectures.
  • Hands-on experience developing software using modern programming languages such as Go and Python.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Must have a fundamental understanding of accepted security practices, troubleshooting issues, and attack vectors.
  • Practical use of Agile development practices and the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with configuration management tools and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
  • Background working in an enterprise environment.
  • A related technical degree required.
Benefits
  • time off programs
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • mental health support
  • paid parental leave
  • life and disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • employee stock purchasing program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Endpoint Security TechnologiesEDRVulnerability ScanningScriptingGoPythonAgile development practicesTerraformAnsibleCSPM solutions
Soft skills
Problem-solvingAnalytical skillsCollaborationDocumentationProject management
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