Pinterest
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Programmatic Ads
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About Pinterest Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
What You’ll Do
Take on the challenge of defining and executing the technical strategy for building, scaling, and modernizing our third‑party ads serving infrastructure
Rearchitect and refine the infrastructure to achieve greater scalability, freshness, and performance handling billions of ads and millions of QPS
Lead the collaboration with ML, product, infra, and other partner teams to evaluate the infra requests and make funding decisions
Lead mission critical initiatives involving 15‑25 engineers and directly influence their day‑to‑day work through mentorship and leadership
What We’re Looking For
BS (or higher) degree in Computer Science, or a related field
8+ years of professional experience as a hands‑on engineer and technical leader leading multiple projects
5+ years of relevant industry experience within the ads domain and distributed systems
Rich experience in working cross‑functionally to drive alignment, oversee execution, and secure deliverables
Hands on experience in solving complex scaling, latency, or low‑level system performance problems in high‑volume online serving systems
Knowledge of industry best practices and trends, and proven track record employing such solutions
Experience in mentoring, guiding and up‑leveling junior engineers
Experience solving end‑user problems and envisioning solutions to improve their productivity
Proficiency in at least one of the system languages (Java, Python)
In‑Office Requirement Statement
In‑person collaboration one time per week; requires office proximity to San Francisco or Seattle
Relocation Statement
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
Our Commitment to Inclusion Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration unlawful by applicable laws.
We provide accommodations during the application process as required.
Salary Information US based applicants only – Salary range: $235,964—$412,937 USD.
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About Pinterest Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
What You’ll Do
Take on the challenge of defining and executing the technical strategy for building, scaling, and modernizing our third‑party ads serving infrastructure
Rearchitect and refine the infrastructure to achieve greater scalability, freshness, and performance handling billions of ads and millions of QPS
Lead the collaboration with ML, product, infra, and other partner teams to evaluate the infra requests and make funding decisions
Lead mission critical initiatives involving 15‑25 engineers and directly influence their day‑to‑day work through mentorship and leadership
What We’re Looking For
BS (or higher) degree in Computer Science, or a related field
8+ years of professional experience as a hands‑on engineer and technical leader leading multiple projects
5+ years of relevant industry experience within the ads domain and distributed systems
Rich experience in working cross‑functionally to drive alignment, oversee execution, and secure deliverables
Hands on experience in solving complex scaling, latency, or low‑level system performance problems in high‑volume online serving systems
Knowledge of industry best practices and trends, and proven track record employing such solutions
Experience in mentoring, guiding and up‑leveling junior engineers
Experience solving end‑user problems and envisioning solutions to improve their productivity
Proficiency in at least one of the system languages (Java, Python)
In‑Office Requirement Statement
In‑person collaboration one time per week; requires office proximity to San Francisco or Seattle
Relocation Statement
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
Our Commitment to Inclusion Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration unlawful by applicable laws.
We provide accommodations during the application process as required.
Salary Information US based applicants only – Salary range: $235,964—$412,937 USD.
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