Salesforce
Lead Software Developer - Platform Security
$172K–$286K
Washington - Bellevue +1 · Office Tech-Flexible · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Washington - Bellevue
California - San Francisco - Experience
- 7+ years of core software development experience. The posting also lists desired qualifications of 5+ years in a computer network-related occupation and 2+ years in each of Unix/Linux administration, public and private cloud infrastructure, and building and operating secure infrastructures.
- Education
- A related technical degree required.
About the job
Leads development and operation of security data pipelines, endpoint protection platforms, APIs, and cloud security infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end development and architecture of security data pipelines and endpoint protection platforms.
- Build APIs and services, and improve infrastructure reliability through monitoring, alerting, and hardening.
- Set engineering standards, mentor engineers, collaborate across teams, and support rotating on-call operations.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of core software development experience, with mastery in multiple programming languages and platforms.
- Strong foundation in database engineering, API development, data pipelines, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
- Experience delivering large projects across the software lifecycle, and with infrastructure hardening and operational reliability.
- A related technical degree.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Endpoint Detect and Response(EDR) or Vulnerability scanning.
- Familiarity with security tooling ecosystems or experience with security data pipelines.
Pay
$172,500 - $260,100 annually (base salary); $207,800 - $285,800 annually (base salary)
Tools
REST API, Unix/Linux, Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Python, Ruby
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery, enforce engineering rigor, and support multi-language development.
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