Principal Security Engineer

About the role

Pipedrive is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to act as a technical builder responsible for engineering the security architecture of their SaaS platform and corporate operations. This role focuses on building systems that automate security at scale while addressing emerging threats. The successful candidate will also serve as an advisor to technical and business partners to ensure security objectives are met.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and architect scalable security solutions for cloud-native environments to protect customer data, applications, and networks.
• Develop autonomous security agents and workflows using LLMs and agentic frameworks to automate tasks such as event monitoring, threat modeling, and vulnerability discovery.
• Design and build automated identity and access management, data encryption, and threat detection capabilities.
• Create technical baselines and security controls for AI-driven products and build defenses against AI-specific threats.
• Conduct deep-dive technical reviews of AI architectures to ensure security is embedded into new models and projects.
• Lead response efforts during active security incidents and participate in an off-hours on-call rotation.
• Partner with Engineering and SRE teams to integrate security into platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Required skills

• Security Engineering
• Cloud Security
• Security Architecture
• LLM APIs
• Agentic frameworks
• IAM
• Network Security
• Secure SDLC
• DevSecOps
• Infrastructure-as-Code

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, or security architecture in a SaaS or cloud-native environment
• Proficiency in at least one programming language
• Demonstrated ability building with AI
• Legal right to work in Germany

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Wellness perks
• Performance-based bonuses
• 28 paid leave days
• Well-being days
• Compassionate leave
• Pawternal leave

About the Company

Pipedrive is a cloud-based software company founded in 2010 that supports sales and marketing teams with powerful tools. Trusted by over 100,000 companies across 179 countries, the company has grown to over 850 employees across ten offices in Europe and the US.