Senior Offensive AI Security Researcher

Salesforce
Tel Aviv
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Research","Risk-based thinking","Technical communication","Problem-solving","Stakeholder collaboration"]

Lead novel adversarial research across Salesforce’s AI ecosystem to uncover systemic vulnerabilities before exploitation. Scope, design, and execute offensive security studies targeting AI threat vectors such as indirect prompt injection, tool abuse/excessive agency, RAG system poisoning, data extraction, and model/data supply-chain compromises. Partner with engineering and architecture teams to shape threat models, guide AI architecture decisions, support governance, and contribute to Salesforce’s Generative AI Security Standard.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Salesforce
Salesforce
2 days ago

Senior Offensive AI Security Researcher

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 4 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Lead novel adversarial research across Salesforce’s AI ecosystem to uncover systemic vulnerabilities before exploitation. Scope, design, and execute offensive security studies targeting AI threat vectors such as indirect prompt injection, tool abuse/excessive agency, RAG system poisoning, data extraction, and model/data supply-chain compromises. Partner with engineering and architecture teams to shape threat models, guide AI architecture decisions, support governance, and contribute to Salesforce’s Generative AI Security Standard.
Location: Tel Aviv
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Scope, design, and execute advanced adversarial research across Salesforce’s AI ecosystem using a risk-based approach.
  • •Innovate and operationalize AI attack techniques to establish new TTPs targeting indirect prompt injection, tool abuse/excessive agency, RAG system poisoning, data extraction, and model/data supply-chain compromises.
  • •Provide an offensive security perspective to guide AI architecture, shape internal threat models, and support corporate governance.
  • •Contribute directly to Salesforce’s Generative AI Security Standard.
  • •Publish internal and external threat intelligence, vulnerability analyses, and security research to keep defenses aligned with state-of-the-art AI threat landscapes.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Wellness StipendParental LeaveAdoption AssistanceFertility Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in offensive security roles such as vulnerability research, penetration testing, application security, or security engineering.
  • •2+ years of hands-on experience auditing, breaking, or researching ML/AI systems with deep expertise in LLM attack surfaces and frameworks (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MITRE ATLAS).
  • •Deep technical understanding of modern AI design patterns including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), autonomous agentic workflows, model context protocols, and AI pipelines.
  • •High proficiency in Python for exploit proof-of-concept development, data analysis, and technical evaluation.
  • •Proven ability to lead complex security initiatives and communicate critical technical risks to research teams and executive leadership.
Experience:5+ yearsOffensive securityPenetration testingApplication securityAI securityMachine learning
Education:Master's in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity (or related field)
Skills:ResearchRisk-based thinkingTechnical communicationProblem-solvingStakeholder collaboration
Tech Stack:PythonOWASP Top 10 for LLMsMITRE ATLASLLMRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Autonomous agentic workflowsModel context protocolsRAG systemPyTorchHugging FaceLangChainVector databasesOpen-weight models

Company Brief

Salesforce
Provides a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform with sales, service, marketing, analytics, and integration tools that empower businesses to manage customer relationships and digital transformation at scale.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1999
Glassdoor
Glassdoor: 4.1
WebsiteLinkedInGlassdoor