Sr. Security Software Engineer, Internal Identity & Access Management at Pinterest

United States

$155.584k - $320.32k

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Pinterest:</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/">flexibility</a> to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.</p></div><p>The Internal Identity &amp; Access Management (I2AM) team is responsible for critical production infrastructure that provides a foundational notion of Identity and strong authentication and authorization controls across Pinterest. Our backend is primarily written in Golang, Python with some C++ while our frontend tools are written in React and TypeScript. We’re looking for an experienced software engineer who will help us build robust tooling to define and evaluate access controls across production infrastructure. A security background is not necessary but ideal candidates will have familiarity with the problems or related spaces, such as Infrastructure or Identity.</p> <p><strong><br>What you'll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Help shape our identity and authorization controls for users, services and AI Agents.</li> <li>Design, implement, and maintain mission-critical software that will help us deliver robust IAM infrastructure and libraries to our customers.</li> <li>Collaborate with a variety of teams to 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.</li> <li>Represent the I2AM team across the Security Organization and with our X-org partners, including Networking, Data Platform, Cloud Platform, Agent Platform and product teams.</li> <li>Work with and mentor more junior engineers on the I2AM team.</li> </ul> <p><strong><br>What we’re looking for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.</li> <li>5+ years of software development experience.</li> <li>A history of building &amp; operating large scale distributed systems.</li> <li>Past experience influencing technical architecture and roadmap adoption while working across other teams.</li> <li>Experience in some of the following areas is a strong plus: <ul> <li>Infrastructure provisioning tools (Terraform, Puppet, etc.)</li> <li>Identity, Account Security, Authentication/Authorization (OAuth, SAML, RBAC) protocols</li> <li>AWS or other public cloud infrastructure, containerization such as Kubernetes&nbsp;</li> <li>Familiarity with networking protocols (Application layer)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><br>In-Office Requirement Statement:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>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.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong><br>Relocation Statement:</strong></p> <ul> <li>This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our<a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinflex/"> PinFlex</a> page to learn more about our working model.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#LI-REMOTE</p> <p>#LI-JT1</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>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.</p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinterest-life/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></em></p></div><div class="title">US based applicants only</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$155,584</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$320,320 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Our Commitment to Inclusion:</strong></p> <div>Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/sS24D4WboEKUZMQK6">this form</a>&nbsp;for support. <div>&nbsp;</div> </div></div>