Principal Architect, Platform Identity

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Parental leave

26 weeks Source: https://careers.salesforce.com/en/salesforce-stories/wellbeingbenefits/the-benefits-of-parenthood-how-salesforce-supports-growing-families/. source Last checked May 7, 2026.

Non-birth-parent leave

12 weeks Source: https://careers.salesforce.com/en/salesforce-stories/wellbeingbenefits/the-benefits-of-parenthood-how-salesforce-supports-growing-families/. source Last checked May 7, 2026.

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Source-linked last checked May 7, 2026

Salary

$310K-$496K not verified - source not recorded; timestamp not recorded

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

246% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Posted salary is far from this role benchmark; treat it as low confidence.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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About this role

Principal Architect, Platform Identity California - San Francisco Principal Architect, Platform Identity The Mission We are seeking a distinguished Principal Architect to serve as the definitive technical authority for the Salesforce Identity Platform. This is a high-gravity leadership role for an architect who excels at the intersection of global trust systems and immediate operational delivery. You are the primary engine of identity integrity, ensuring that contemporary authentication and authorization designs are hardened, near-term releases are seamless, and the multi-year roadmap for Agentic Identity is an operational reality. You will traverse the strategic and the tactical, harmonizing Identity efforts across the enterprise and establishing unified, elegant architectural patterns that secure billions of global transactions. Key Responsibilities Identity Domain Precision & Delivery Advanced AuthN/AuthZ Frameworks: Translate sophisticated trust requirements into elegant, production-ready architectures. You will author the definitive technical frameworks for modern authentication flows, granular authorization, and secure session management for accelerated delivery cycles. Identity Protocol Stewardship & Agentic Evolution: Serve as the final arbiter for high-stakes Identity initiatives. You will lead the implementation of modern industry standards while pioneering the frameworks for Agentic Identity, ensuring that autonomous agents can authenticate and operate with the same level of trust and security as human users. Cryptographic & Resilience Governance: Lead the technical oversight of the platform's most sensitive pathways, including Key Management, mTLS, and Token Exchange services.Through rigorous design governance, you will ensure every implementation is hardened for high-concurrency demands and maintains the highest standards of security integrity. Identity-First Decisioning: Navigate the balance

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