# Manager II, Engineering

**Company:** [Pinterest](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pinterest)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $208k – $365k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Software Engineering, Engineering Management, Team Leadership, Product Strategy, Architecture & Design Reviews, Data Analysis, Experimentation, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Ai-Assisted Development, Coaching & Mentorship
**Posted:** 2026-05-26

> Lead an engineering team building consumer-facing product areas and supporting systems at Pinterest. Drive execution, partner cross-functionally, and coach engineers while leveraging data and AI.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do

- Lead and grow a cross-functional engineering team working across user-facing product areas and the systems that support them.
- Set clear goals and drive execution against a roadmap aligned with broader product and business priorities.
- Partner with Product, Design, Research, and Data Science to shape strategy, prioritize opportunities, and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Create a strong team environment with clear expectations, healthy operating rhythms, high standards, and psychological safety.
- Coach and develop engineers across levels, helping them grow in scope, impact, and career progression.
- Support technical and architectural decision-making to ensure the team builds reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.
- Use data, experimentation, and user insight to guide product and engineering decisions.
- Use AI to accelerate analysis, research, drafting, synthesis, and iteration, while applying strong judgment and verification to ensure quality and correctness.

## What we’re looking for

- Experience leading engineering teams that build and ship consumer-facing products.
- Experience managing engineers across multiple levels and helping teams improve in effectiveness, quality, and impact.
- Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, performance management, and team development.
- Strong product sense and strategic thinking, with the ability to translate broad goals into clear priorities and execution plans.
- Solid technical foundation and the ability to engage in architecture, design reviews, and technical trade-offs.
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, align cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver meaningful results.
- Expertise in using data and experimentation to inform product and engineering decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work for relevant outputs.
- Strong track record of critically evaluating and verifying AI-assisted work through testing, review, or other quality controls.
- High integrity and ownership in using AI: you protect sensitive information, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working closely with Product, Design, Research, Data Science, and other engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing teams of 5+ engineers.

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