# Staff Software Engineer, Delivery Platform at Pinterest > United States · Staff · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Apinterest%3A8055266 (read 2026-11-04). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Pinterest](https://alderhq.app/companies/pinterest) - Location text: Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto") - Posted: 2026-09-09 (56 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 1 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/?gh_jid=8055266 - Skills listed (inferred): Python, Go, Java, C++, Distributed systems ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $208k–$365k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 803): p25 $205k, median $240k, p75 $284k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 81, median offered wage $188k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) - Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Pinterest Netherlands B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants)) - Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Pinterest UK" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### 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 seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help evolve the serving platforms that power Ads and Core experiences. You will lead large-scale, low-latency distributed-system initiatives that make our serving stack more performant, reliable, observable, and easier to extend. You will work across Ads and Core engineering teams to define durable platform capabilities, modernize frameworks, and unlock faster product iteration with high confidence in production. ### What you’ll do - Set technical direction and lead architecture for major serving-platform initiatives across Ads and Core. - Build and operate scalable, highly available systems with clear performance, reliability, and efficiency goals. - Partner with product, ML, infrastructure, and Core/Ads engineering teams to translate complex requirements into reusable platform capabilities. - Improve the serving stack through framework modernization, API evolution, experimentation controls, observability, and debugging tools. - Lead complex projects end to end: technical strategy, design, implementation, rollout, adoption, and operational readiness. - Use AI to accelerate analysis, debugging, design exploration, and iteration while applying sound engineering judgment and validation. - Raise the quality bar through design reviews, code reviews, documentation, and operational excellence. - Mentor engineers and scale technical leadership across the organization. ### What we’re looking for - 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production backend or distributed systems. - Experience leading complex technical initiatives across teams or organizations. - Strong expertise in distributed systems, online serving, low-latency services, or infrastructure platforms. - Demonstrated ability to make sound tradeoffs across latency, reliability, scalability, cost, and developer experience. - Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and cross-functional partners. - Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, or Python. - Experience mentoring engineers and elevating technical standards. - Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve the speed and quality of day-to-day engineering workflows, with a rigorous approach to testing, validation, and responsible use. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience. ### Preferred qualifications - Experience with ads delivery, recommendation or search serving, retrieval, ranking, or experimentation systems. - Experience with serving-framework migrations, platform consolidation, or developer tooling. - Experience with observability, production debugging, traffic management, or incident response. ### Relocation Statement - This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. In-Office Requirement Statement: - We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Apinterest%3A8055266 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.