Senior Staff Software Engineer (Notifications & Growth Platform)

Join Pinterest as a Senior Staff Software Engineer in the Notifications & Growth Platform org. You will shape the technical vision and roadmap, lead cross-functional delivery, make architectural decisions, define success metrics, and use AI to accelerate your work. You should have proven technical leadership, excellent communication skills, a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, and 10+ years of software engineering experience.

Shape the technical vision and multi-year roadmap for the Notifications & Growth Platform org, aligning architecture and execution plans to Pinterest’s engagement and retention goals.

USD 208,592 - 429,454

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional delivery of end-to-end solutions by partnering with Product, Data Science, Design, and engineering teams to ship notifications, in-app growth experiences, and internationalized (i18n) experiences for global markets.
• Make durable architectural decisions that improve delivery quality, reliability, and scalability of Pinterest’s notifications and growth systems (e.g., orchestration, targeting hooks, scheduling, and multi-channel delivery).

Requirements

• Proven technical leadership: driving architecture across multiple services/teams and delivering org-critical initiatives
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience building or partnering on ML-, AI-, or GenAI-adjacent systems, with a pragmatic understanding of where these technologies add value and how to deploy them responsibly
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time as a Staff, Senior Staff, or equivalent-level IC building and operating complex production systems
• Able to dive into data and identify opportunities to drive user growth is a strong plus

Preferred

• Notifications and growth platform experience is a strong plus