Director, Engineering, Identity & Product Safety

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. As the head of Identity, Product Safety and compliance, you will play a pivotal role in directing Pinterest's vision and collaborating with sub-team leaders to improve and build scalable and stable engineering systems. You will have a broad scope of responsibilities, including leading areas related to authentication, authorization, account security, bot detection, age verification and privacy compliance, product safety features, teen safety etc. You'll consistently work closely with stakeholders across Pinterest, not only to shape the technical strategy, but also to identify problems and propose innovative solutions, subsequently ensuring their successful implementation. What you'll do: • Set up the long-term technical vision and strategy for Identity & Product Safety, aligning it with the Pinterest’s mission and goals, and proactively identify areas for technical innovation and improvement • Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders across the organization to architect the Identity and compliance infrastructure solutions to enable user trust while reducing friction for growing user base. • Define and influence architectural and strategic direction for the Pinterest platform. • Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of sophisticated systems. • Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the engineering teams, promoting knowledge sharing, mentoring, and professional development. • Grow a fast growing engineering organization, setting the technical vision, leading the day-to-day execution, as well as fostering good team health and culture. • Modernize the Identity infrastructure for the entire Pinterest platform to achieve high reliability, scalability, efficiency, and developer velocity. • Carve out a Product Safety strategy that differentiates Pinterest from other platforms in terms of perceived safety by users. What we're looking for: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience. • 5+ years of experience as an engineering manager, with experience managing managers. • 10+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems, relational and non-relational datastores, and system programming. • Experience in building frictionless Identity and compliance platforms to enable both user growth and user trust. • Strong cross-functional collaborator and communicator. In-Office Requirement Statement: • We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. • This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration1-2 times per half 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. #LI-REMOTE #LI-AG8 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. US based applicants only $233,302—$480,328 USD 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. Apply tot his job