Staff Software Engineer, Ads Agent Infra

CurationsLA; California; Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Ads Agent Infrastructure team to build and scale the foundation powering stateful AI agents across monetization and advertiser platforms. You’ll shape distributed architectures, memory services, and execution engines enabling resilient agent workflows.

You will drive design, observe system behavior, and ensure quality and correctness while collaborating with infrastructure, security and product teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with LLM agent frameworks and runtime internals.
• Ability to set technical direction and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Experience in service identity and multi-tenant security.
• Demonstrated use of AI to improve speed and quality of outputs.
• Strong focus on testing, verification and peer code review.

Responsibilities

• Architect durable execution platforms for stateful AI agent workflows.
• Design MCP servers, SDKs and agent runtime interfaces.
• Establish observability, tracing, prompt versioning and cost governance.
• Drive technical strategy with infrastructure, security and product teams.
• Use AI to accelerate design and documentation while ensuring correctness.
• Automate testing and grader pipelines for agent skills and memory services.

Skills

Distributed systems

LLM agent frameworks

Cross-functional leadership

Security & cost governance

AI-assisted work

Code review & testing

Data integrity

Equivalency: CS degree

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

LangGraph

DeepAgents

Claude Agent SDK

Restate/Temporal

Job description

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Ads Agent Infrastructure team, you'll build and scale the foundation powering Pinterest's stateful AI agents across monetization and advertiser platforms. You'll drive the technical direction for distributed agent architectures, memory services and execution engines that enable engineering teams across Pinterest to deploy resilient agentic workflows.

What you’ll do:

• Architect, build and maintain durable execution platforms supporting crash-recoverable, stateful AI agent workflows.
• Design standardized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, SDKs and agent runtime interfaces for cross-functional engineering adoption.
• Establish LLM observability, execution tracing, prompt versioning and token-based cost governance across multi-agent systems.
• Drive technical strategy and write foundational design docs that align infrastructure, security and product teams.
• Use AI to accelerate design prototyping, documentation and code iteration while applying judgment and verification to ensure correctness and quality.
• Automate repeatable testing, evaluation and grader pipelines for agent skills and memory services.

What we’re looking for:

• Minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems, microservices and durable execution engines (e.g., Restate, Temporal or Step Functions).
• Hands‑on experience with LLM agent frameworks and runtime internals, including LangGraph, DeepAgents or Claude Agent SDK.
• Expertise in setting technical direction for platform abstractions and driving cross‑functional alignment across infrastructure, security and product teams.
• Experience in service identity, multi‑tenant security (mTLS, SPIFFE) and LLM observability or cost governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day‑to‑day workflow for relevant outputs.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI‑assisted work, including testing, source‑checking and peer code review.
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over‑reliance on AI and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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 every quarter and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the following office: San Francisco or Palo Alto Office.

#LI-HYBRID

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only$208,454—$364,795 USD

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Ads Agent Infrastructure team, you'll build and scale the foundation powering Pinterest's stateful AI agents across monetization and advertiser platforms. You'll drive the technical direction for distributed agent architectures, memory services and execution engines that enable engineering teams across Pinterest to deploy resilient agentic workflows.

What you’ll do:

• Architect, build and maintain durable execution platforms supporting crash-recoverable, stateful AI agent workflows.
• Design standardized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, SDKs and agent runtime interfaces for cross‑functional engineering adoption.
• Establish LLM observability, execution tracing, prompt versioning and token‑based cost governance across multi‑agent systems.
• Drive technical strategy and write foundational design docs that align infrastructure, security and product teams.
• Use AI to accelerate design prototyping, documentation and code iteration while applying judgment and verification to ensure correctness and quality.
• Automate repeatable testing, evaluation and grader pipelines for agent skills and memory services.

What we’re looking for:

• Minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems, microservices and durable execution engines (e.g., Restate, Temporal or Step Functions).
• Hands‑on experience with LLM agent frameworks and runtime internals, including LangGraph, DeepAgents or Claude Agent SDK.
• Expertise in setting technical direction for platform abstractions and driving cross‑functional alignment across infrastructure, security and product teams.
• Experience in service identity, multi‑tenant security (mTLS, SPIFFE) and LLM observability or cost governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day‑to‑day workflow for relevant outputs.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI‑assisted work, including testing, source‑checking and peer code review.
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over‑reliance on AI and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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 every quarter and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the following office: San Francisco or Palo Alto Office.

#LI-HYBRID

#LI-KK6

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only$208,454—$364,795 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.