Software Engineer, Activation Team

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API Design Backend Development Distributed Systems Event-driven Architecture Machine Learning Infrastructure Mentorship Reliability Engineering Service-oriented Architecture Systems Design Technical Best Practices

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the activation backend roadmap for high-impact users. This role involves building and operating APIs, event pipelines, and serving systems to enhance user experiences and drive product recommendations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the activation backend roadmap for high-impact users.
  • Build and operate APIs, event pipelines, and serving systems.
  • Create signal infrastructure for user intents to feed recommendations.
  • Collaborate with ML engineers to support ML models in production.
  • Own reliability and production readiness for activation backends.
  • Mentor engineers and uplift technical practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications
  • 5+ years building and shipping large-scale backend systems at consumer internet.
  • 2+ years as a senior IC driving cross-team projects with measurable impact.
  • Strong systems design: distributed, event-driven, service-oriented backends.
  • Familiarity with ML infrastructure concepts to support ML workloads.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and establishing technical best practices.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

This position allows for in-person collaboration up to 4 times per year, with quarterly meetings in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City. We offer a PinFlex working model with flexible remote options. Please note that this role is not eligible for relocation assistance. Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive culture.

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Job Type: Remote

Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience: Entry

Duration: Months

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