Join Pinterest as a Senior Software Engineer to build innovative monetization features for millions of users.
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Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Build out full-stack Pinner-facing features
- Contribute to product development process
- Partner with design, product, and backend teams
- Suggest new product ideas and features
- Employ automated testing
Must have
- 4+ years of industry full-stack or backend development experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Proficiency in one or more common backend and frontend tech stacks
- Experience in writing reliable and maintainable code
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Practical constraints
- In-office collaboration 1-2 times per month
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Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer in Monetization Engineering at Pinterest will focus on developing full-stack features that enhance user engagement on the platform. Key skills include proficiency in various frontend and backend technologies, such as JavaScript and React, along with a strong foundation in coding best practices. This position is ideal for experienced engineers with a background in building consumer-facing products who thrive in collaborative environments. The team emphasizes innovative thinking and encourages engineers to take ownership of projects from conception to deployment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 7, 2026. Last confirmed on Pinterest's careers page October 7, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 28% of 107 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States that list React we track (median $169,000 across 52 companies). See React salary trends
- React appears in 69.5% of 246 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States; API appears in 1.2% of 246 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Sr Software Engineer, Monetization Engineering role remote?
- It's hybrid — Pinterest expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Pinterest lists $155,584–$320,320 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Sr Software Engineer, Monetization Engineering role.
- Where is the role based?
- Pinterest is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: API, JavaScript, React, Storage, caching, data processing.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Pinterest targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr Software Engineer, Monetization Engineering role at Pinterest.
From the original posting
About Pinterest:
We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded senior Full-stack and backend engineers to join our Monetization Engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.
What you’ll do:
- Build out full-stack Pinner-facing features to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest
- Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users
- Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end-to-end functionality
- Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features
- Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop
- Grow as an engineer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects
What we’re looking for:
- Minimum 4 years of industry full-stack or backend development experience, building consumer or business facing products
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in one or more common backend and frontend tech stacks: e.g. Javascript, React, API, storage, caching and data processing
- Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers
- Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per month and therefore can be situated anywhere in the Bay Area, Seattle, or New York City.
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