Senior Security Engineer, Pinterest

Product Security

$125.6-258.5k

+ Equity

Python
Senior level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

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Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

Open for applications

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Open for applications

$125.6-258.5k

+ Equity

Python
Senior level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Role

Who you are

  • We are looking for a candidate with a passion for anti-automation and a strong background in bot detection
  • The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building bot detection solutions and in-depth experience in industry best practices
  • 5+ years of experience in anti-automation, bot detection, or fraud detection
  • Enthusiasm for the constant fight to bot detection and prevention
  • Proficiency in a dynamic programming language such as Python

What the job involves

  • Pinterest’s Security team is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to help fight automations and prevent abuses of the platform
  • You will define strategies, build solutions, perform data analysis, and work with teams to improve our overall anti-automation posture and enhance our bot detection capabilities
  • Identify gaps in our existing anti-automation approaches and drive improvements
  • Define anti-automation policies and strategies
  • Integrate industry best practices to our existing anti-automation systems
  • Deliver and review code that is well-documented, tested, and operable
  • Work cross function to architect scalable solutions to service internal customers’ need on bot signals
  • Interact directly with stakeholders and define goals & metrics

Our take

Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.

Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.

Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.

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9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest


People progressing

Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.

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