Staff Software Engineer, Merchants & Ads Review

Pinterest

San Fransisco, CA, US
Base: $208,454—$364,795 usd; bonus/equity: not spe...
Hybrid (1 day onsite)
Ml, genai, and ai-assisted review systems
Technical delivery for cross-team initiatives
Mentor junior and senior engineers
Pinterest is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Merchants & Ads Review team, focusing on enhancing platform safety and revenue growth through AI-driven solutions. The role requires strong experience in software engineering, particularly in ads, commerce, and AI systems, along with effective collaboration skills

Job Summary

  • This team is responsible for keeping our platform safe from malicious advertisers, low-quality merchants, and policy violating ads, while helping the business grow revenue and expand to new markets, verticals, policies, and ad types.
  • In this role, you’ll lead our AI-first efforts, building and evolving our review systems.
  • You act as a mentor to the rest of the team, helping them grow their careers and accelerate their velocity with AI tooling.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Merchants & Ads Review team, focusing on enhancing platform safety and revenue growth through AI-driven solutions. The role requires strong experience in software engineering, particularly in ads, commerce, and AI systems, along with effective collaboration skills.

Salary

Base: $208,454—$364,795 USD; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • ML, GenAI, and AI-assisted review systems
  • Technical delivery for cross-team initiatives
  • Mentor junior and senior engineers
  • Improve platform safety and revenue
  • AI for work acceleration

Nice-to-have

  • Pragmatic understanding of AI value
  • Influence technical direction
  • Cross-functional partnerships

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Staff, Senior Staff, or equivalent-level IC experience
  • Strong track record in ads, commerce, trust & safety, or GenAI
  • Deep experience in systems design
  • Experience building ML-, AI-, or GenAI-adjacent systems
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Work Rights

Not specified

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