Staff Software Engineer, Pinterest

Ad Formats Platform

Salary not provided

React

Python

Java

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

More information about location

Office located in Richmond St, Toronto

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

React

Python

Java

Senior and Expert level

Toronto

More information about location

Office located in Richmond St, Toronto

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
8+ years working experience in the engineering teams that build user-facing products
Deep understanding of Full Stack development and best practices in Python and/or Java, React etc. This role is 80% backend and 20% frontend focussed
Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers
Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated
Strong collaboration and communication skills

What the job involves

We’re looking for a talented Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the Ad Formats Platform team and keep building the foundational components of ad formats at Pinterest with a strong focus on cross-team and cross-functional partnership
Own the technical direction and roadmap for a major area in the Ad Formats platform team
Exemplar for technical quality - design, implementation, documentation, code reviews
Develop experiences that lead to improvements to the retrieval systems
Collaborate with product partners in defining the outcomes and direction of the product
Collaborate and be a thought partner to cross-functional teams to build scalable and resilient technical solutions
Be a multiplier on the team, mentor and uplevel team members

Our take

Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.

Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.

Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Ben Silbermann

(CEO)

Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest

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