Sr. Security Software Engineer, Security Operations
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 53 days Pinterest's roles stay open a median of 83 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pinterest's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinterest
- high 190 stale, 10 reposted of 190 open
- Hiring momentum
- 330 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-25
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinterest's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinterest.
About this role
As a Senior Security Software Engineer at Pinterest, you will lead the technical direction of Security Operations, focusing on building and maintaining systems that enhance cloud infrastructure security and automate compliance. Your role will involve designing scalable security controls, integrating security practices into engineering workflows, and collaborating across teams to improve security processes and accountability.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Experience designing, building and operating complex production systems in security engineering, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering or a related area.
- Strong experience with AWS security architecture, Terraform and infrastructure-as-code, ideally in large-scale or multi-account environments.
- Experience in one or more relevant areas such as cloud governance, CI/CD security, vulnerability management, security automation, compliance platforms or developer security tooling.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex or ambiguous technical initiatives, including defining architecture, evaluating tradeoffs and delivering impact beyond a single team.
- Strong software engineering judgment across system design, APIs, reliability, observability, testing and the safe operation of security-critical systems.
- Ability to influence technical decisions, communicate complex risks clearly and raise engineering effectiveness through design reviews, mentorship and responsible use of AI.
What you get
- Base salary range of $155,584 — $320,320 USD
- Eligible for equity
Worth weighing
- In-office collaboration required 1-2 times every 6 months, which may affect remote work flexibility.
- No relocation assistance offered for this position.
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Listed by Pinterest on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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