Pinterest

Staff Software Engineer, Ad Formats Platform

Toronto, Ontario
Python Java React
Description

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.

People use Pinterest to find ideas and brands that they love. We aspire to help our advertisers and partners reach their audiences with inspiring content. 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.

What you’ll do

  • 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

 

What we’re looking for:

  • 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

 

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 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 up to 1-4x per year and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the Toronto office (85 Richmond St. W).

 

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

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.
 
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