**Who this is for** This role is for a highly experienced software engineer looking to lead AI-driven safety and quality initiatives for Pinterest’s advertising
Work type: hybrid
Location: San Fransisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US
Salary: $208,454 – $364,795/yr
Type: Full-time
**Who this is for** This role is for a highly experienced software engineer looking to lead AI-driven safety and quality initiatives for Pinterest’s advertising platform, balancing platform integrity with revenue growth. **Key highlights** You will lead the technical strategy for merchant and ad review systems, utilizing ML and GenAI to build scalable guardrails while mentoring senior engineering talent. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have 8+ years of experience, including previous Staff or Senior Staff level technical leadership. - Possess a strong background in ads, commerce, or trust and safety systems. - Are proficient in systems design, full-stack architecture, and building data-intensive production platforms. - Can effectively influence cross-functional teams and technical direction without owning every line of code.
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](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/) 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](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/).
We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer for Merchants & Ads Review.
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’ll partner closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and experts from Policy, Legal, and Trust & Safety to drive our systems forward. You act as a mentor to the rest of the team, helping them grow their careers and accelerate their velocity with AI tooling. This is a high agency, high impact role with a broad scope and direct levers on both revenue and platform safety.
What you’ll do:
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$208,454—$364,795 USD