Green Card Security Software Engineer Jobs
Security Software Engineer roles at U.S. companies regularly qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, given the degree requirements and specialized skills the work demands. Employers file on your behalf, covering LCA attestation, PERM recruitment, and I-140 petition filing. Finding employers with active sponsorship history is the first step toward permanent residency.
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INTRODUCTION
Salesforce 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.
Ready 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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Email Security & Network Defense (ESND) team protects the enterprise by engineering adaptive defense systems across email, network edge, secure browsing, application control, and emerging AI workflows. As a Software Engineering, MTS on this team, you build and maintain the security architecture that keeps Salesforce resilient against evolving threats, using an automation-first philosophy and Agile execution to deploy modern defenses without slowing business momentum. You use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a core part of your engineering workflow, working alongside AI agents to design, build, and govern secure systems at scale.
What You'll Actually Be Doing:
- Develop security solutions leveraging best development practices and modern AI tools and approaches.
- Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow, pushing the boundaries of AI development tools to deliver secure, optimized, and high-quality code.
- Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code automation efforts to provision and manage security systems, ensuring version-controlled and repeatable deployments across global environments.
- Develop and maintain Configuration-as-Code for policy governance for security configurations, using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to validate and deploy changes, guaranteeing that security tooling is auditable and peer-reviewed.
- Support and maintain application control policies, tuning, and ongoing management to ensure effective enforcement across the organization.
- Support and maintain secure internet access solutions, including Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures, TLS inspection (TLSi), and secure browser technologies.
- Design and orchestrate systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into security workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.
- Contribute to building and maintaining shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably, and critically evaluate code (human- or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Security, Information Technology (IT), and the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), to enhance security controls.
- Develop and maintain documentation for security processes and procedures.
- Identify and implement improvements to security systems and processes.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You're Our Person If...
- You have 3+ years of experience working in a large-scale, enterprise security environment.
- Experience building software in one or more languages such as Golang, Python, Java, or similar.
- Experience automating infrastructure or operational workflows using scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) and tools like Terraform/Ansible.
- You are proficient with container-based development and CI/CD workflows.
- You understand Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure and services, including containers, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
- You bring a demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering, using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty.
- You have experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows, with advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts that cultivate the system context making AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.
- You have a proven track record of developing and maintaining documentation for security processes and procedures.
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Even Better If...
- You have experience automating workflows or in DevSecOps.
- You have experience with application control, secure browser, Socket firewall, Proofpoint, or SASE platforms.
- You have experience securing AI and Large Language Model (LLM) workflows, encompassing the protection of agentic pipelines, model-serving endpoints, and technical supply chains through application control.
- You hold a CISSP, CCSP, CISM, Security+, or similar security or network certification.
COMPENSATION
- The typical base salary range for this position is $117,200 - $176,700 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do 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.
ACCOMMODATIONS
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
Please 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.
POSTING STATEMENT
Salesforce 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.
In 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.
At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Security Software Engineer
Document your specialty occupation credentials early
PERM requires your degree to directly relate to the security software role. If your undergraduate major was broad, gather transcripts, professional certifications like CISSP or CEH, and a credential evaluation to establish the connection before employers start the labor certification process.
Target employers with PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC disclosure data filtered to security software or information security job titles. Companies that have filed PERM applications in the past three years have established internal processes, making sponsorship a realistic conversation rather than a policy exception.
Search verified sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate surfaces Security Software Engineer roles at employers with confirmed green card sponsorship history, so you can filter your job search to companies already set up to file PERM and I-140 without needing to ask during screening calls.
Clarify the prevailing wage tier before your offer
DOL's OFLC Wage Search returns four wage levels for security software roles by location. Your offered salary must meet the level certified on the LCA. Confirming this before signing protects you from situations where a pay cut later triggers a non-compliance issue with USCIS.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 routing at the offer stage
EB-2 applies if your role formally requires a master's degree or you hold a bachelor's degree with five years of progressive experience. EB-3 covers roles requiring a bachelor's degree. The routing affects your priority date and wait time, especially if you're born in India or China.
Use the O*NET profile to support specialty occupation
PERM petitions for security software roles are stronger when the job duties align with the O*NET occupation profile for software developers, quality assurance analysts, or information security analysts. Reference the specific O*NET tasks and knowledge requirements when your employer's attorney drafts the job description.
Green Card Security Software Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Security Software Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Security Software Engineer positions qualify for EB-3 sponsorship when they require a bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related field. EB-2 applies when the role formally requires a master's degree, or when you hold a bachelor's plus at least five years of progressive experience in security software development. Your employer's attorney determines the correct category based on the job requirements.
How is the PERM green card process different from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
PERM leads to permanent residency, not a temporary work authorization. Unlike H-1B visa, there is no annual lottery for EB-3 sponsorship, and the cap concern only affects how long your priority date queues. The PERM process requires your employer to complete a DOL-supervised recruitment campaign before filing, which typically adds six to twelve months before the I-140 petition is even submitted to USCIS.
How long does the green card process take for a Security Software Engineer?
From the start of PERM recruitment to receiving a green card, the process routinely takes two to four years for most nationalities. For applicants born in India or China, visa backlogs at the EB-2 and EB-3 preference categories can extend the wait significantly longer. Filing the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently with the I-140 is possible when a visa number is immediately available, which can compress the final stage.
Can I change jobs while my employer-sponsored green card is in process?
Once your I-140 petition has been approved for at least 180 days and your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, portability rules under AC21 let you move to a new employer in a same or similar occupational classification without losing your priority date. For Security Software Engineers, a new role must involve comparable security software duties to qualify under portability.
Where can I find Security Software Engineer jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Security Software Engineer roles specifically filtered to employers with confirmed green card sponsorship history. That means you're applying to companies that have already navigated PERM and I-140 filings, rather than discovering a sponsorship policy gap after an offer is extended. Filtering by sponsorship history at the start of your search saves time and avoids dead ends.