Pinterest Backend Engineering Jobs
Open backend engineering roles at Pinterest, pulled live from their hiring system.
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67% of open backend engineering roles call out Python; Java and Distributed Systems appear in roughly a third.
Staff Software Engineer, Growth AI
Staff Software Engineer anchoring AI-powered growth products across SEO and exploratory teams. Architect production ML systems, partner with ML orgs, and set technical direction as a senior IC.
Software Engineer I, Backend
As a Backend Software Engineer I, you will build and scale backend features for Pinterest's monetization engineering teams, contributing to the entire product development process from ideation to release. You will work with large-scale distributed systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Staff Software Engineer, Growth Performance Marketing
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.
Manager II, Engineering - Infra
Lead technical direction for Pinterest's Cache Infra team, building and operating large-scale distributed caching systems (Redis, Memcached) serving 450M QPS across 100+ clusters. Drive modernization initiatives and mentor senior engineers.
Sr. Staff Engineer, Performance Ad Formats
Leads technical strategy and architecture for Performance Ads Formats, building scalable ad products like deal ads and dynamic experiences. Drives cross-functional initiatives, mentors engineers, and ensures production-quality systems with 8+ years experience.
Software Engineer II, Backend, tvScientific
Builds and scales backend services for contract lifecycle management, billing models (CPA/CPM), and integrations with finance systems. Requires strong software engineering in JavaScript/Python/Java, API development, and collaboration with product/finance teams.
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement
Leads architecture and strategy for Pinterest Ads conversion measurement, partnering across teams to enhance attribution, privacy-safe systems, AI-driven diagnostics, and ecosystem integrations. Requires 10+ years experience in ads measurement domains with strong distributed systems expertise.
Software Engineer II, Backend
Build scalable backend systems for Pinterest's user-facing features, collaborating with product and design teams on full development lifecycle including prototyping, testing, and AI-assisted workflows. Requires 2+ years backend experience with RESTful APIs, storage, caching, and strong AI utilization practices.
Staff Software Engineer, Merchants & Ads Review
Leads AI-first efforts to build and evolve merchant, ad, and advertiser review systems ensuring platform safety and revenue growth. Requires 8+ years experience in software engineering with expertise in ML/GenAI, full-stack development, and cross-functional collaboration.
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Merchants
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.
Sr. Software Engineer, Backend
Senior backend engineer builds scalable features, GraphQL APIs, and distributed systems for Pinterest's core, monetization, and tech foundations teams. Requires 4+ years experience, proficiency in backend stacks like Python/Java/Go, and AI utilization for productivity.
Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Conversion
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.
Staff Software Engineer, Conversion Data Privacy
Leads architecture of privacy-preserving conversion data platforms for ads monetization, owning pipelines for de-identification, access controls, and policy enforcement. Requires 8+ years in large-scale data systems, proficiency in Java/Scala/Python/SQL, and cross-functional leadership.
Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Products
Leads architecture of ads measurement platform, building large-scale data pipelines, ensuring reliability and rigor in lift studies. Requires 8+ years experience in data-intensive systems, Java/Python/SQL proficiency, and AI workflow transformation.