Lead the architecture and delivery of scalable systems for merchant onboarding and activation at Pinterest.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead the architecture and delivery of scalable systems for merchant onboarding
- Partner with Product to shape a growth roadmap
- Design integrations that apply high quality merchant signals
- Build agent enabled experiences that improve merchant readiness
- Improve the team's AI harness across development and testing
Must have
- Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex software systems
- Experience designing agent enabled systems
- Experience partnering with Product to shape roadmaps
- Experience in experimentation and measurement
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
Practical constraints
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1 time per week
Role intensity
50% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis and iteration while applying judgment and verification to ensure quality, reliability and user trust.
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Staff Software Engineer at Pinterest leads the design and implementation of scalable systems that enhance merchant onboarding and activation through AI-driven experiences. This role requires expertise in architecting complex software solutions, integrating data signals, and ensuring reliability and security. Ideal candidates have a strong background in software engineering, experience with agent-enabled systems, and a collaborative approach to shaping product roadmaps. The position emphasizes technical leadership and the application of AI to improve development processes.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze November 10, 2026. Last confirmed on Pinterest's careers page November 10, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 48% of 21 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $208,592 across 12 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
- AI/ML appears in 10.1% of 288 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Pinterest expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Pinterest lists $208,454–$364,795 for this 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: AI/ML, MCP, agent enabled systems.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Pinterest targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer role at Pinterest.
From the original posting
About Pinterest:
We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for a team transforming how merchants onboard and activate through agent enabled experiences. You will partner with Product and engineering leaders to shape the roadmap, prototype innovative ideas and deliver reliable systems that use merchant signals and personalized recommendations to create measurable business impact.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the architecture and delivery of scalable, MCP first systems for merchant onboarding, activation and growth experiences.
- Partner with Product to shape a growth roadmap, identify high value opportunities and convert the strongest concepts into production experiences.
- Design integrations that apply high quality merchant signals and personalized recommendations across Pinterest surfaces and approved external agent ecosystems.
- Build agent enabled experiences that improve merchant readiness and campaign creation, with clear measurement of their contribution to business impact.
- Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis and iteration while applying judgment and verification to ensure quality, reliability and user trust.
- Improve the team's AI harness across development, testing, quality validation and service operations.
- Raise the technical bar through clear technical direction, design reviews and coaching that helps engineers make thoughtful decisions and deliver with strong ownership.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex software systems spanning product surfaces, backend services, data signals and external integrations.
- Experience designing agent enabled systems and MCP based integrations, with strong judgment around reliability, security, data quality and user trust.
- Experience partnering with Product to shape roadmaps, prototype new ideas and make technical tradeoffs that support growth goals.
- Experience in experimentation, measurement and causal thinking, with the ability to connect product and technical decisions to business impact.
- Experience improving the effectiveness of an AI first engineering team through technical direction, design reviews, coaching and practical improvements to AI assisted development, testing and operations.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day to day workflow for relevant outputs, while critically evaluating and verifying AI assisted work.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
In-Office Requirement Statement
- At Pinterest, 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 time per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle, New York City or Los Angeles.
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