Latest Backend Engineering jobs at Pinterest

Leads architecture and implementation of large-scale, low-latency serving platforms supporting Ads and Core experiences. The role requires 8+ years of backend or distributed-systems experience, strong technical leadership, and expertise in scalable production systems.

Build and operate large-scale backend systems and Pinner-facing features for Pinterest, partnering across product, design, and engineering. The role requires 5+ years of backend development experience, distributed-systems expertise, strong ownership, and proficiency in a backend programming language.

Leads the technical direction and hands-on development of scalable backend platforms for Pinterest’s AI-driven products. Requires extensive backend and distributed-systems experience, strong Python skills, production LLM or ML experience, and cross-functional technical leadership.

Leads the technical strategy, architecture, and operation of Pinterest’s large-scale storage infrastructure supporting SQL and graph workloads. Requires 8+ years of backend distributed-systems experience, technical leadership, and expertise in production reliability, performance tuning, and modern database technologies.

Technical leader for the Pinterest Assistant backend platform, defining architecture and building scalable orchestration, memory, personalization, APIs, and AI infrastructure. Requires 10+ years of backend engineering experience, large-scale distributed systems leadership, and expertise partnering with ML teams on AI-powered products.

Builds data privacy services for Pinterest’s AI platforms, including secure processing environments, access controls, and auditing pipelines. The role requires strong hands-on software engineering, AI engineering experience, cross-functional collaboration, and familiarity with security or data governance.

Lead the technical roadmap for Pinterest's performance marketing platform, driving hands-on engineering for attribution, bidding, budget optimization, and campaign management systems. Design and evolve the measurement stack, automate bidding strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities.

Leads engineering for merchant commerce platforms, focusing on catalog systems, AI/ML integrations, and onboarding to drive growth and efficiency. Requires 10+ years experience in large-scale systems, commerce domains, and AI-adjacent tech, plus bachelor's or equivalent.

Leads backend architecture and implementation of a GenAI-powered Conversion Health agent for ads measurement, using event quality scores and conversion data to detect issues, automate fixes, and improve advertiser performance. Requires 8+ years backend/fullstack experience, GenAI/ML shipping, and ads domain expertise.