Pinterest

Security Software Engineer II, Internal Identity & Access Management

Pinterest$123K — $254K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of software development experience.
  • End-to-end feature development experience, preferably in distributed systems.
  • Experience in critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work.
  • Ability to prototype and use AI tooling for reliability and system performance improvements.
  • High integrity and ownership, protecting sensitive data and taking accountability for deliverables.
  • Familiarity with identity/access protocols (OAuth, SAML, RBAC) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes) is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the technical roadmap for identity and authorization controls.
  • Design, implement, and maintain critical IAM features for robust customer support.
  • Leverage Agentic AI to enhance systems' performance and integrity.
  • Build performant AAA platform controls into high-traffic services and infrastructure components.
  • Apply judgment to verify quality and correctness in AI-assisted developments.

Benefits

  • Flexible work model with limited in-office requirements.
  • Opportunities for in-person collaboration just 1-2 times every 6 months.
  • Access to a culture that emphasizes equity, inclusivity, and inspiration for employees.
Full Job Description
What you'll do:
  • Contribute to the technical roadmap for identity and authorization controls for users, services and AI Agents.
  • Design, implement, and maintain mission-critical features that will help us deliver robust IAM infrastructure and libraries to our customers.
  • Leverage Agentic AI to improve systems and least privilege, while applying judgment and verification to ensure correctness and quality. Improve code quality and system performance using AI Coding Agents.
  • As member of the Infrastructure Security team, build performant and resilient AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Auditing) platform controls into various high-traffic services including our AI Agents, online/offline data platforms, databases, service mesh. (Envoy) and other critical infrastructure components.

What we're looking for:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of software development experience.
  • Experienced in developing features end to end, with preferred experience developing them in distributed systems.
  • Experience with critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).
  • Demonstrated ability to prototype and use AI tooling to improve reliability and quality of day-to-day workflow and system performance.
  • High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
  • Experience in some of the following areas is a strong plus:
    • Identity, Account Security, Authentication/Authorization (OAuth, SAML, RBAC) protocols
    • AWS or other public cloud infrastructure, containerization such as Kubernetes
    • Infrastructure provisioning tools (Terraform, Puppet, etc.)
    • Familiarity with networking protocols (Application layer)

In-Office Requirement Statement:
  • We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
  • This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Relocation Statement:
  • This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.


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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$123,696-$254,667 USD

About Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to discover and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 30 languages. The company's mission is to help people discover and do what they love.
Learn more about Pinterest
Size
3,225 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$128.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+53.9%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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