Senior Staff Data Platform Architect for AI Analytics

Pinterest; United States; Remote; USD 209,000 - 429,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to lead and architect data platform initiatives at scale.

You will shape the data warehouse, governance, and analytics tooling, driving cross-functional efforts and high-impact outcomes across the data ecosystem. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Engineering, and help accelerate AI-powered analytics across Pinterest’s platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/Engineering.
• 12+ years of relevant industry experience with large scale data warehouses.
• 5+ years building data warehouses and tools in the data ecosystem (Spark, Trino, Flink, Airflow, Querybook, Superset, DataHub).
• Experience working with cross-functional partners across multiple orgs.
• Hands-on experience building AI-assisted data tooling (AI coding tools).
• Hands-on experience building AI tools to accelerate data pipeline authoring and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Define and design Pinterest's data warehouse architecture, storage, governance, and usage.
• Set strategic direction for analytics tools, experimentation platforms, and data visualization.
• Define data governance policies and tooling for data quality and compliance.
• Lead cross-functional data initiatives, balancing usability, efficiency and compliance.
• Drive adoption and business impact across the product portfolio through platform initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards in design and execution.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Engineering to align needs and progress.

Skills

Data governance

Cross-functional leadership

Architecting data platforms

AI tooling experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Spark

Trino

Flink

Airflow

Querybook

Superset

DataHub

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to lead and architect data platform initiatives at scale.

You will shape the data warehouse, governance, and analytics tooling, driving cross-functional efforts and high-impact outcomes across the data ecosystem. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Engineering, and help accelerate AI-powered analytics across Pinterest’s platforms.