Sr. Director, Security Engineering
Pinterest · Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US
About this role
**Sr. Director, Security Engineering** **About Pinterest** Millions of people around the world come to Pinterest to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities, and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, the mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love—powered by the people behind the product. Pinterest uses AI as a powerful partner that augments creativity and amplifies impact. The interview process focuses on how you think and how you explain your approach. **Role Summary** Pinterest is looking for a **Senior Director of Security Engineering** to serve as the **CISO’s operating partner** and lead engineering execution for **Product and Cloud Security** across the information security program. Reporting directly to the CISO, you will own approximately **two-thirds** of Pinterest’s information security program—leading a **40+ engineer** organization across **five direct reports**. Scope spans **secure product development**, **platform controls**, **privacy-by-design architecture**, and **AI security**. You will translate security and privacy strategy into measurable, durable engineering outcomes and partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, Privacy, and Trust & Safety leadership. **What You’ll Do** - Own the end-to-end security engineering organization across product security, application security, IAM, vulnerability management, security architecture, supply chain, AI/product-risk controls, and cloud infrastructure security. - Define and drive Pinterest’s multi-year security engineering roadmap; translate risk appetite and policy into executable, measurable engineering programs across product and infrastructure lifecycles. - Serve as the executive owner of threat modeling, secure design review, and developer security enablement—embedding security as a first-class capability within Pinterest’s engineering culture. - Partner closely with VP-level engineering, product, and other stakeholders to deliver security outcomes (role description continues beyond the provided text).
Listing freshness
CronJobs last confirmed this listing 7h ago. If its source stops confirming the opening for seven days, this page is removed from active inventory.