Senior Staff Backend Engineer, AI Platform Lead

Pinterest; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 429,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Job summary

Pinterest is hiring a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer for the Pinterest Assistant team. You will define the architecture for a scalable multimodal backend powering AI-driven experiences across shopping, search and discovery.

Lead a cross-functional org and partner with ML, Design, and Infrastructure to deliver reliable, high-quality experiences for millions of Pinners. Eligible for equity and base salary transparency are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience powering consumer experiences.
• 3+ years as a technical lead driving large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision and architecture for Pinterest Assistant backend.
• Lead design and implementation of core Assistant platform including orchestration, memory, personalization, APIs, tool integrations.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

Distributed systems

Leadership

ML collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

APIs

Job description

Pinterest is hiring a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer for the Pinterest Assistant team. You will define the architecture for a scalable multimodal backend powering AI-driven experiences across shopping, search and discovery.

Lead a cross-functional org and partner with ML, Design, and Infrastructure to deliver reliable, high-quality experiences for millions of Pinners. Eligible for equity and base salary transparency are provided.