Adversarial AI & Research Engineer

Salesforce

REMOTE · WORLDWIDE

$179K–$246K

Full-time

SENIOR

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About the Role

Salesforce's Adversarial AI & Research Team seeks a security engineer to lead red team assessments of AI systems, develop novel attack techniques, and build scalable security tooling. This role combines offensive security expertise with AI/ML knowledge to protect Salesforce's AI ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Lead adversarial testing of AI by designing, scoping, and executing red team assessments against our AI ecosystem using a risk-based prioritization approach to discover and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
Innovate in AI attack techniques by combining cutting-edge academic research with proven offensive security methods to establish new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, and operationalize emerging research to keep assessments aligned with the state of the art.
Build and scale security tooling using an automation-first philosophy, driving initiatives to shift security testing left by sharing purpose-built tools with AI security stakeholders across Engineering, Research, and Ethics.
Serve as a strategic partner across the company, providing an offensive security perspective to guide product development, support corporate governance, and contribute to policies such as Salesforce's Generative AI Security Standard.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in offensive security (red teaming, application security, penetration testing, vulnerability research, etc.).

Salesforce

San Francisco · US

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1+ years of direct, hands-on experience testing the security of AI/ML systems, with a deep understanding of LLM vulnerabilities.

High degree of Python proficiency for tool development, assessment automation, and data analysis.

Proven experience leading complex technical projects and/or mentoring security teams, with exceptional ability to communicate high-stakes technical risks to both engineering and executive audiences.

Nice to Have

Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a relevant field, or a public portfolio of security research including conference presentations, published papers, CVEs, or open-source contributions.
Experience creating or managing large-scale datasets for security testing or machine learning training.
Experience building automated testing frameworks or large-scale evaluation pipelines.
Familiarity with current AI safety research and frameworks like MITRE ATLAS and the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs.