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ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Internal Identity & 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.

• Help shape our identity and authorization controls for users, services and AI Agents.
• Design, implement, and maintain mission-critical software 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Work with and mentor more junior engineers on the I2AM team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 4-5+ years of software development experience
• A history of building & operating large scale distributed systems
• Past experience influencing technical architecture and roadmap adoption while working across other teams
• Proven track record of 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in some of the following areas is a strong plus:

• Infrastructure provisioning tools (Terraform, Puppet, etc.)
• Identity, Account Security, Authentication/Authorization (OAuth, SAML, RBAC) protocols
• AWS or other public cloud infrastructure, containerization such as Kubernetes
• 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.

COMPENSATION:

• Salary Range: $155,584—$320,320 USD

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.

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

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 this form for support.