Slack
SaaS
Sr.SecuritySoftwareEngineer,VulnerabilityManagement
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“Sr. Security Software Engineer, Vulnerability Management at Slack. Skills: Vulnerability Management, Python, Security Engineering, System Design. Build and maintain systems and tooling. Detect, track, and remediate security vulnerabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
Raise the bar for how the team builds software; Provide low friction, high-impact security
Industry & Context.
Judgment in the face of ambiguity; Asking the right questions before building
U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), Unable to provide visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), 6+ years of industry software engineering experience, meaningful portion of that spent in security engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure-adjacent domains, Deep proficiency in Python, track record of writing production-grade, tested, maintainable code in complex systems, Demonstrated experience owning and delivering end-to-end engineering projects, Solid understanding of vulnerability management concepts, Experience building or maintaining integrations with security tooling, Comfort working with CI/CD pipelines, Comfort working with version control workflows, Comfort working with modern software delivery practices, Experience working across teams, communicating technical concepts clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders, judgment in the face of ambiguity, track record of asking the right questions before building rather than after
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tooling such as Wiz, Tenable/Nessus, Twistlock, or similar products, experience in cloud or containerized environments, Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to government or regulated environments, FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, Experience working with large-scale vulnerability aggregation systems, homegrown data pipelines that normalize findings across multiple scanners, Background in building automated remediation workflows, automated PR generation for dependency vulnerabilities, patch orchestration across diverse package ecosystems, Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerized workloads at scale, Contributions to the security or software community through open-source projects, published research, conference talks
What You'll Do.
Build and maintain systems and tooling
and remediate security vulnerabilities
Drive technical strategy for automation and scaling
Contribute towards technical architecture for tooling
Automate identification
Design and develop scalable engineering solutions
Integrate vulnerability scanners and aggregation pipelines
Identify systemic gaps and ambiguous problems
Propose solutions and drive them to completion
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with security engineers; Work closely with product teams; Work closely with infrastructure partners; Partner with cross-functional stakeholders; Partner with infrastructure teams; Partner with platform engineering teams; Partner with product security teams; Communicate technical concepts clearly to stakeholders
Communication Scope
Communicating technical concepts clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Owning and delivering end-to-end engineering projects
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. ## About Us At Slack, we are committed to making people’s working lives more secure. We are serious about protecting our infrastructure, operations, and most importantly, our customers’ data. Our Vulnerability Management team plays a pivotal role in identifying, assessing, and mitigating security risks across our entire infrastructure. We take a systemic approach to security and strive to ensure we provide low friction, high-impact security across everything we do. Slack has a positive, diverse, and encouraging culture—we look for people who are curious, innovative, and work to be a little better every single day. In our work together we aim to be smart, humble, hardworking and, above all, collaborative. If this sounds like a good fit for you, read on ahead! ## What you will be doing As a Senior Software Engineer on the Vulnerability Management team, you will build and maintain the systems and tooling we rely on to detect, track, and remediate security vulnerabilities across our organization. You will drive technical strategy for how we automate and scale vulnerability management, work closely with security engineers, product teams, and infrastruct
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