This role pays more than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$145,000–$202,850
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$189k
versus about
$174k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.
Pinterest currently has
82 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$164,695–$337,990
across 82 roles with salary data.
As a Security Software Engineer II, Detection and Response, you will join the security team to build and implement detection and response improvements while adapting to emerging threats to protect infrastructure. Your daily responsibilities include building alerts and automation workflows, managing logging pipelines, developing internal tooling, hunting for undetected threats, and participating in an on-call rotation to respond to incidents. You will leverage AI to enhance the efficiency of your security engineering tasks. The role requires expertise in intrusion detection, incident response, and threat intelligence within a cloud-first environment. Required skills include writing SIEM queries, analyzing telemetry from EDR, Osquery, and firewall logs, and understanding networking fundamentals. Technical proficiency in Python, Go, or Ruby for automation is required, alongside deep knowledge of MacOS, Linux, or Windows internals to address complex security challenges.
Python
Go
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes
Linux
macOS
Windows
AI Tools
Digital Forensics
Malware Analysis
Incident Management
Threat Intelligence
BeyondCorp
Automation