Sr. Security Software Engineer, Corporate Security

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San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US

Remote

Posted April 2, 2026

Job Description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

This role is part of Pinterest’s Corporate Security team and will collaborate closely with engineers to tackle complex enterprise security challenges. You will have the opportunity to design and implement innovative solutions that protect Pinterest’s systems and data. Your work will directly contribute to ensuring the safety and resilience of the company’s enterprise environment.

What you’ll do:

Automation & Tooling - Develop scripts, tools, and automated pipelines to streamline vulnerability scanning, incident triage processes. Integrate security tools within CI/CD pipelines.
Security Architecture & Code Review - Consult and engineer secure-by-design systems. Conduct design and code reviews to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security flaws early in the development lifecycle.
Champion Security Automation Culture: Advocate for and educate team members on secure coding, automation practices, and emerging security technologies.
Implement Secure Engineering Practices - Design, develop, and maintain software systems with security best practices integrated throughout the development lifecycle.
Collaborate with XFN Teams - Partner with security engineers and IT to improve detection and remediation of threats across infrastructure and applications.
Use AI to accelerate analysis and iteration, while applying judgment and verification to ensure correctness and quality.
Leverage AI to streamline and enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and coverage of security engineering and review processes.

What we’re looking for:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or, a related field or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in corporate security or security related software engineering role.
Linux/UNIX, macOS or Windows internals with an emphasis on proactive hardening.
Experience working in conjunction with IT architectural and infrastructure groups to coordinate and implement roadmaps for future scalability, growth, and capacity.
Fleet management experience (e.g. Puppet, Chef, Terraform or similar).
Cloud computing experience (infrastructure or security experience both valuable).
Systems security experience (e.g. hardening a corporate identity environment).
Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.
Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).
High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.

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