Engineering Manager (Ads Serving Infrastructure)

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Health insurance & benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Ads Serving Platform team, responsible for delivering relevant ads reliably, efficiently, and at scale across Pinterest surfaces. You will guide the end-to-end ad-request lifecycle and collaborate with Ads and Core engineering teams.

You’ll build and mentor a high-caliber engineering group, define durable platform capabilities, modernize frameworks, and drive performance, cost efficiency, and observability while applying AI-driven analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex platforms.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Ads Serving Platform team to deliver reliable, scalable ad serving across Pinterest surfaces.
• Define and execute durable platform capabilities and modernization of frameworks.
• Mentor engineers and scale technical leadership across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Low latency

Hiring & mentoring

AI for engineering

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Java

C++

Go

Python

Job description

• Pinterest is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Ads Serving Platform team. The Ads Serving Manager leads the engineering team and platform responsible for delivering relevant ads reliably, efficiently, and at scale across Pinterest surfaces
• The Ads Serving Platform owns the end-to-end ad-request lifecycle and focuses on reliability, performance, compliance, developer productivity, and cost efficiency
• You will work across Ads and Core engineering teams to define durable platform capabilities, modernize frameworks, and unlock faster product iteration with high confidence in production
• Build and lead a team of high-caliber software engineers. You’ll be responsible for hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering an inclusive, high-output team culture
• Lead engineering team and technical strategy for high-throughput, low-latency ad serving platform
• Ensure platform reliability, high availability, and operational excellence across the end-to-end ad-request lifecycle
• Drive infrastructure performance, cost efficiency, and compliance controls while supporting business growth
• Improve developer productivity and platform flexibility for product and ML feature integrations
• Use AI to accelerate analysis, debugging, design exploration, and iteration while applying sound engineering judgment and validation
• Raise the quality bar through design reviews, code reviews, documentation, and operational excellence
• Mentor engineers and scale technical leadership across the organization

Demonstrated ability to make sound tradeoffs across latency, reliability, scalability, cost, and developer experienceStrong expertise in distributed systems, online serving, low-latency services, or infrastructure platformsDemonstrated ability to use AI to improve the speed and quality of day-to-day engineering workflows, with a rigorous approach to testing, validation, and responsible useTrack record of meeting strict serving latency SLAs, operational targets, and optimizing cost-per-impression at scaleDemonstrated success in hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering inclusive team environmentsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experienceStrong communication and collaboration skills with technical and cross-functional partnersProven experience managing software engineering teams and building high-performance backend or infrastructure platformsProficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or PythonExperience with ads delivery, recommendation or search serving, retrieval, ranking, or experimentation systemsExperience with serving-framework migrations, platform consolidation, or developer toolingExperience with observability, production debugging, traffic management, or incident response