Job brief: Staff Software Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Pinterest's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-10 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
• The apply link opens pinterestcareers.com, the address Pinterest's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $208,454 to $364,795 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA, US; Los Angeles, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, US · San Francisco
• Posted: 2026-11-09

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
• In-Office Requirement Statement
• 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 know…

Conditions

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
• Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Main duties

• Lead the architecture and delivery of scalable, MCP first systems for merchant onboarding, activation and growth experiences.
• Partner with Product to shape a growth roadmap, identify high value opportunities and convert the strongest concepts into production experiences.
• Design integrations that apply high quality merchant signals and personalized recommendations across Pinterest surfaces and approved external agent ecosystems.
• Build agent enabled experiences that improve merchant readiness and campaign creation, with clear measurement of their contribution to business impact.
• Improve the team's AI harness across development, testing, quality validation and service operations.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in New York, NY: $215k a year (165 listings, 20 employers). This listing is 34% higher.
• Across Pinterest's 138 open listings, 28% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Pinterest hires

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