Salesforce · 1 week ago
Adversarial AI & Research Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $224K/yr
6+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. The Adversarial AI & Research Engineer will lead adversarial testing and innovate AI attack techniques while building security tooling to enhance the security of AI systems.
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Responsibilities
Lead adversarial testing by designing, scoping, and executing red team assessments across 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
Qualification
Required
1+ years of experience in offensive security OR adversarial AI testing (red teaming, application security, penetration testing, vulnerability research, etc.)
6+ 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
Preferred
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
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
Company
Salesforce
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