{"id":4002921,"url":"https://alion.io/job/salesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer","title":"Principal Platform Solution Engineer","company":{"id":70,"name":"Salesforce","domain":"salesforce.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/salesforce","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"open_postings":341,"ghost_share":0.012,"stale_share":0.677,"repost_share":0.029,"time_to_fill_p50_days":31,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Francisco, United States","New York, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":173460,"max":231980,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":231980},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agentforce","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"FedRAMP","optional":false},{"name":"GDPR","optional":false},{"name":"HIPAA","optional":false},{"name":"ISO 27001","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":false},{"name":"NIST CSF","optional":false},{"name":"PCI DSS","optional":false},{"name":"RAG","optional":false},{"name":"SOC 2","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T04:38:57Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"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.\nJob Category\nSalesJob Details\nAbout Salesforce\nSalesforce 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.\nReady 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.\nJob Details\nAbout Salesforce\nSalesforce 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.\nReady 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.\nWe’re seeking a Principal Security Specialist Architect to join our Platform Specialist team. In this role, you’ll bring deep technical expertise and strategic insight to help customers securely harness the full power of the Salesforce Platform. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to design secure, scalable solutions and play a critical role in driving platform adoption across complex enterprise environments. You will be the bridge between cutting-edge innovation and enterprise-grade trust. Your mission is to demonstrate how Salesforce’s infrastructure enables the safe deployment of Agentic AI (Agentforce) while maintaining a rigorous security posture. You must possess the technical depth to navigate complex use case discussions and the sales acumen to translate risk and governance models into clear business value.\nThe Salesforce Platform is the foundation for enterprise innovation-empowering organizations to develop, deploy, and scale agentic applications securely and efficiently. As businesses navigate increasing demands for agility, security, and compliance, our Platform enables them to innovate with confidence.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAct as a technical thought partner and trusted advisor for all stakeholders, shaping secure, scalable solutions that address enterprise challenges in governance, compliance, and developer productivity.\nTargeted Executive Engagement: Partner with sales teams to remove security as a blocker by speaking directly to CISOs, CIOs, and CAIOs, aligning Salesforce’s Trust Layer with their strategic risk appetite.\nGuide customers through technical evaluations and architectural decisions, aligning Platform capabilities with their business and security objectives.\nDeliver impactful technical presentations, demos, and proofs of concept to showcase the transformative potential of the Salesforce Platform.\nCollaborate with Account Executives, architects, and partners to develop strategies and close high-value deals.\nAdvocate for secure development practices and help customers adopt a “secure by design” approach in their Salesforce environments.\nStay at the forefront of Platform innovations, bringing technical insight and thought leadership to customer engagements.\nData Governance & Sovereignty: Architect solutions that address complex data residency, discovery, and classification requirements, ensuring customers maintain full control over their metadata and sensitive information.\nCompliance Leadership: Apply deep knowledge of global regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) and industry frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, ISO 42000, SOC2) to validate Salesforce's compliance posture in the context of generative AI.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nProven expertise in Enterprise data security, privacy, & governance.\n5+ years of experience in solution engineering, technical consulting, post sales or enterprise technical architecture on the Salesforce platform.\nSecurity Expertise: 5+ years of experience in a technical presales or security architecture role, with a proven track record of selling to the C-suite.\nAI & Data Fluency: Strong understanding of the AI Life Cycle, including LLM security, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and the ethical implications of autonomous agents.\nGovernance Depth: Mastery of data privacy laws and security frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOC, FedRAMP).\nTechnical Stack: Deep familiarity with cloud-native architectures (SaaS/PaaS), API security, OIDC/SAML, cryptography, and relational database security.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders effectively.\nA strategic thinker with a customer & team-first mindset and a passion for innovation.\nUnleash Your Potential\nWhen you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando 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.\nAccommodations\nIf you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.\nPlease note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.\nPosting Statement\nSalesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications - without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.\nIn the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.\n\nThe typical base salary range for this position is $173,460 - $231,980 annually\n\nThere is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $190,750 - $255,150 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.\n\nThe range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9027,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["BI & Dashboard Software","Marketing Automation","AI Agents","Customer Support & Help Desk Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T04:38:57Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,935 · green card filings: 591","filings_12m":1935,"filings_prev_12m":1853,"green_card_filings_12m":591,"median_offered_wage_usd":191971,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-09T07:32:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":291}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T05:40:39Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":231980,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/salesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/salesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T05:40:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13179,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":70},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=70"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsalesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsalesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsalesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/salesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsalesforce-principal-platform-solution-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4002921}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"salesforce.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4002921},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}