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Job Category Software Engineering
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About the Role
The Security team is building and enhancing a cloud platform for various network security controls and management. Our mission is to develop highly-available and performant distributed systems to provide security at the network level in public clouds, including micro segmentation, L3/4/7 DDoS prevention — spanning VMs, containers, and a wide range of compute substrates.
This is a great opportunity for ambitious engineers seeking comprehensive technical growth across four dimensions:
Development: Architecting and building distributed systems (highly available microservices)
Architect and implement distributed systems to deliver network-level security controls across Salesforce's public and private clouds — including network policy management, ACL enforcement, and DDoS/network protection for containers
Develop software solutions and microservices supporting network security platforms in public clouds
Research and implement new network security solutions for intra- and cross-datacenter network flows
Advance and operate security scanning platforms in a full DevOps model
Participate in Agile development practices, including daily scrums
Drive engineering excellence through code reviews and mentoring junior team members
Requirements
6+ years of industry experience, including:
4+ years in SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS software development
3+ years in a high-availability 24/7 environment (cloud platforms a plus)
Technical Skills
AI Tools: Hands-on expertise using AI tools in software development
Network Security: Proven experience building or managing platforms for network security, including:
Segmentation, ACLs, DPI, DDoS protection
Software tools: iptables, IPsec, VPN, IDS
WAF/OWASP protections
Networking: Industry-level expertise in one or more of:
VM and container network stacks (OpenStack Neutron, Cilium, Romana)
Network control planes and agents (Calico, Flannel, Contiv, Contrail, OVN)
VMs & Containers — hands-on experience with OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes Full Software Ownership — end-to-end experience across the entire software lifecycle: design → code → unit tests → integration tests → production deployment → ongoing support
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
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