Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer

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 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. The Trust Engineering - Serving Delivery team is responsible for ensuring that Pinners have a safe and engaging experience using Pinterest.

Our platform is used by ML teams and data analysts to process billions of events every day. As a staff software engineer, you will be a leader in designing and building our real‑time rule and action engine that is critical for protecting Pinterest against adversarial actors. You’ll work closely with ML engineers, indexing/ranking teams, and the API team with a goal of maintaining the Pinterest brand as the safe corner of the internet.

The role involves working with leadership to shape the future roadmap of our systems and directly supporting the careers of ICs on the team through mentorship.

• Design and develop highly scalable, reliable and performant software systems to power content quality and safety infrastructure at Pinterest.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to other engineers on the team.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design, data science and other engineering teams to define roadmaps and deliver high‑impact projects.
• Drive engineering best practices and processes to continuously improve software quality, reliability and developer productivity.
• Actively contribute to Pinterest's technical culture through code reviews, tech talks, open source projects and recruiting.

• 10+ years of experience building and shipping large‑scale software systems in a product‑driven environment.
• Experience leading the design and development of complex, high‑performance distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and successfully delivering projects with multiple dependencies and stakeholders.
• Experience with big data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Flink) and building data pipelines.
• Domain experience in building Trust and Safety systems at scale.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

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

We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. This role will need to be in the office for in‑person collaboration 1–2 times per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in Ontario.

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.

Interested in this position? Please submit your resume and cover letter through the application portal.