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Sr.StaffEngineer,PerformanceAdFormats
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“Sr. Staff Engineer, Performance Ad Formats at Pinterest. Skills: Technical architecture expertise, High-scale product systems, Leading complex initiatives, Cross-functional collaboration, AI-assisted engineering workflows. Lead technical strategy and architecture across Performance Ads Formats. Drive cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through launch and readout”
What You'll Achieve.
Growing good clicks; Improving click quality; Increasing conversions; Enhancing the Pinner experience; Shipped measurable product or business impact; Data-driven prioritization and launch decisions; Decide what to scale, iterate, or stop; Improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow
Industry & Context.
Reason from first principles; Dig deep into how complex technical systems work under the hood; Turn ambiguous opportunities into scalable, reliable ad products
In-office for in-person collaboration once a week, Commutable distance from San Francisco or Palo Alto offices
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep technical architecture expertise in high-scale product systems, Ability to reason from first principles and dig deep into how complex technical systems work under the hood, Track record of leading technically complex, ambiguous, multi-team initiatives that shipped measurable product or business impact, Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, Ability to align senior stakeholders, make tradeoffs explicit, and influence without authority, Data-driven decision making and prioritization, Production-quality mindset for scalable, reliable, maintainable software, Experience mentoring Senior and Staff engineers and raising the technical bar through reviews, architecture guidance, knowledge sharing, and crisp technical writing, Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs, Track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work, High integrity and ownership, Protect sensitive data, Avoid over-reliance on AI, Remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables, 8+ YOE as a Software Engineer
Nice to Have
Experience in ads, e-commerce, recommendations, experimentation platforms, or practical AI-assisted engineering workflows, Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science
What You'll Do.
Lead technical strategy and architecture across Performance Ads Formats
Drive cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through launch and readout
and maintainable systems across client
Partner with Product and Data Science to make data-driven prioritization and launch decisions
Raise the production quality bar through design reviews
QA / bug bash processes
and thoughtful tech debt reduction
Mentor senior engineers and create technical strategy docs
and analysis artifacts
including AI where useful
to accelerate knowledge discovery
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, PMM, TPM, and Engineering leaders; Align senior stakeholders; Make tradeoffs explicit; Influence without authority; Cross-functional collaboration
Communication Scope
Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills; Ability to align senior stakeholders; Crisp technical writing
Process & Methodology
Drive cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through launch and readout
Full Job Description
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. Pinterest is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead Performance Ads Formats, a team building ad products and experiences that help Pinners turn intent into action and help lower-funnel advertisers drive stronger outcomes. In this role, you’ll be a senior technical leader across a suite of products such as Deal Ads, dynamic ad experiences, post ad click journeys, and more. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, PMM, TPM, and Engineering leaders to turn ambiguous opportunities into scalable, reliable ad products with measurable business impact. What you’ll do: Lead technical strategy and architecture across Performance Ads Formats, with a focus on growing good clicks, improving click quality, increasing conversions, and enhancing the Pinner experience. Drive cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through lau
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