Staff Software Engineer - AI-Driven Scalable Systems Lead

Pinterest, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Pinterest, Inc. is leading the architecture and delivery of scalable, MCP-first systems for merchant onboarding, activation and growth.

You will partner with Product to shape a growth roadmap, identify high-value opportunities and turn strong concepts into production experiences. You will design agent-enabled integrations, apply high quality merchant signals, and build experiences that improve merchant readiness and campaign creation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex software systems across product surfaces, backend services, data signals and external integrations.
• Experience designing agent-enabled systems and MCP-based integrations with emphasis on reliability, security and data quality.
• Ability to partner with Product to shape roadmaps, prototype ideas and make technical tradeoffs for growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and delivery of scalable, MCP-first systems for merchant onboarding, activation and growth.
• Partner with Product to shape growth roadmap and convert strong concepts into production experiences.
• Design integrations with high quality merchant signals and personalized recommendations across Pinterest surfaces and ecosystems.
• Build agent-enabled experiences that improve merchant readiness and campaign creation with measurable business impact.
• Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis, and iteration while ensuring quality, reliability and user trust.
• Raise the technical bar through direction, reviews and coaching to enable thoughtful ownership.

Skills

Architectural leadership

System design

Collaboration with product

Experimentation & measurement

AI-enabled development

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience

Job description

Pinterest, Inc. is leading the architecture and delivery of scalable, MCP-first systems for merchant onboarding, activation and growth.

You will partner with Product to shape a growth roadmap, identify high-value opportunities and turn strong concepts into production experiences. You will design agent-enabled integrations, apply high quality merchant signals, and build experiences that improve merchant readiness and campaign creation.