# Staff Software Engineer, Ads & Core Serving Platform at Pinterest

- Company: Pinterest
- What the company does: Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.pinterest.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/?gh_jid=8055266
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pinterest-staff-software-engineer-ads-and-core-serving-platform/

## About the role

Experience with ads delivery, recommendation or search serving, retrieval, ranking, or experimentation systems. 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.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production backend or distributed systems
- Experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams or organizations
- Strong expertise in distributed systems, online serving, low-latency services, or infrastructure platforms
- Demonstrated ability to make sound tradeoffs across latency, reliability, scalability, cost, and developer experience
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and cross-functional partners
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or Python

Tags: Data Engineering