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SecuritySoftwareEngineer,Principal(PlatformTrustIntelligence&SecurityPlatform)
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“Security Software Engineer, Principal (Platform Trust Intelligence & Security Platform) at Salesforce. Skills: Platform Trust Intelligence, Security Platform, AI CRM, Agentforce. Build and ship software. Use AI in development”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Principal Software Engineer
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus, Kata Containers experience a plus, E2B-style code-interpreter sandboxes experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Build and ship software
Use AI in development
Design complex systems
Maintain system context
Own secure execution substrate
Design microVM-based isolation
Operate microVM-based isolation
Benchmark agent execution
Integrate code-interpreter sandboxes
Extend code-interpreter sandboxes
Implement tiered autonomy
Build capability model
Issue ephemeral identity
Enforce egress policy
Design for graceful failure
Build runtime detection layer
Detect privilege escalation
Detect anomalous sequences
Detect configuration drift
Productionize streaming inference
Serve in-memory profiles
Roll out detection logic
Own policy enforcement layer
Own response orchestration layer
Implement reversible actions
Implement audited actions
Roll out containment discipline
Enable customer-impacting actions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Offensive security partnership
Full Job Description
_To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts._ Job Category Software Engineering 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. The Experience We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Platform Trust Intelligence and Security (PTIS) team — the runtime substrate that detects, isolates, and contains threats across an enterprise pivoting to autonomous AI. As organizations deploy AI agents that execute multi-step reasoning, access sensitive data, and take real-world actions, a new class of security risk emerges. Agents operating outside their intended scope can exfiltrate data, probe permission boundaries, or trigger privileged operations at a speed and scale no human user can match — while appearing to function exactly as designed. Product-layer guardrails define the operating envelope; this platform catches what slips through. You will design and build the secure runtime, telemetry, detection, and containment layers that let us observe every agent's behavior, run untrusted agent code under hard isolation, score it against learned baselines, and intervene safely when it deviates — without ever crossing a tenant boundary or stalling a legitimate workload. This is a hands-on principal role at the intersection of platform engineering, secure runtimes, and applied m
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