This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$162,000–$235,412
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$453k
versus about
$199k
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.
Sr. Director, Security Engineering serves as the CISO's operating partner, leading a multi-domain engineering organization focused on product, cloud, and infrastructure security. This role manages over forty engineers to oversee application security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, and privacy-by-design architecture. The successful candidate will translate high-level strategy into measurable outcomes, managing the security roadmap for both production systems and data infrastructure. Key responsibilities include overseeing threat modeling, secure design reviews, and cloud governance using AWS resources, while also driving AI security initiatives. The role requires deep expertise in software engineering, privacy-preserving systems, and automated vulnerability management. Candidates must possess extensive experience in large-scale B2C platforms to address complex consumer threat models. Core competencies include technical leadership of distributed teams, budget management, and the ability to integrate security as a core capability within the software development lifecycle.