Pipedrive

Principal Security Engineer

Pipedrive
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6 months ago
Berlin, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Engineer and architect scalable security solutions for cloud-native environments that protect customer data, applications, and networks.
  • Develop autonomous security agents and workflows using LLMs and agentic frameworks for monitoring, triage, threat modeling, vulnerability discovery, and remediation.
  • Design automated IAM, data encryption, and threat detection capabilities.
  • Create security baselines and controls for AI-driven products, including protections for model integrity and training pipelines.
  • Build defenses against prompt injection, model inversion, and data leakage across customer-facing and internal AI initiatives.
  • Review AI architectures and embed security into new model and automation projects.
  • Lead security incident response, internal investigations, containment, mitigation, and incident orchestration for critical events.
  • Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation with a 30-minute response SLA as the primary security subject-matter expert for high-severity alerts.
  • Partner with Engineering and SRE teams to integrate security into the platform, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure.
  • Mentor security and engineering teams and ensure solutions align with the enterprise security strategy.

Requirements

  • 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 and ability to write and review production-quality code.
  • Experience developing with LLM APIs, agentic frameworks, or AI-assisted coding tools to automate engineering workflows.
  • Deep technical proficiency in cloud security, modern IAM, and network security.
  • Expertise in Secure SDLC and DevSecOps, including integrating security into automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex security issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Existing legal right to work in Germany without visa sponsorship or relocation assistance.
  • Ability to work within a commutable distance of the Pipedrive Berlin office.

Benefits

  • Flexible hours, wellness perks, and company SWAG.
  • Performance-based bonuses, 28 paid leave days, well-being days, compassionate leave, and pawternal leave.
  • Mentorship, coaching, internal mobility, and professional development support.
  • Hybrid work arrangement associated with the Berlin office.
  • Inclusive, people-first culture with international collaboration.

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About Pipedrive

1,001-5,000 employees

Pipedrive builds a cloud-based sales CRM for small businesses and revenue teams to manage pipelines, track deals, and automate outreach. It sells its product as a subscription SaaS platform with integrations and add-ons for email, marketing, and reporting. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, Pipedrive is majority-owned by Vista Equity Partners and is used by over 100,000 companies in 179 countries.

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