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[Remote] Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Notifications & Growth Platform

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest’s Notifications & Growth Platform organization builds systems for user communication and product-led growth across channels. The Sr. Staff Software Engineer will set the organization’s technical vision and roadmap, lead cross-functional delivery, make architectural decisions, and drive measurable improvements to platform reliability, scalability, and growth outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Shape the technical vision and multi-year roadmap for the Notifications & Growth Platform org, aligning architecture and execution plans to Pinterest’s engagement and retention goals
  • Lead cross-functional delivery of end-to-end solutions by partnering with Product, Data Science, Design, and engineering teams to ship notifications, in-app growth experiences, and internationalized (i18n) experiences for global markets
  • Make durable architectural decisions that improve delivery quality, reliability, and scalability of Pinterest’s notifications and growth systems (e.g., orchestration, targeting hooks, scheduling, and multi-channel delivery)
  • Define success metrics and operating cadence (e.g., engagement lift, delivery success, latency, reliability, cost, adoption) and drive measurable improvements aligned to org OKRs
  • Use AI to accelerate your work across exploration, drafting, analysis, and synthesis—while maintaining strong judgment, rigorous validation, and accountability for outcomes

Skills

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time as a Staff, Senior Staff, or equivalent-level IC building and operating complex production systems
  • Experience building or partnering on ML-, AI-, or GenAI-adjacent systems, with a pragmatic understanding of where these technologies add value and how to deploy them responsibly
  • Proven technical leadership: driving architecture across multiple services/teams and delivering org-critical initiatives
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Notifications and growth platform experience is a strong plus
  • Able to dive into data and identify opportunities to drive user growth is a strong plus

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity.
  • Can be situated anywhere in the country; in-office collaboration 1–2 times every 6 months.

Company Overview

  • Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.pinterest.com/.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Pinterest has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 287 in 2026, 353 in 2025, 309 in 2024, 215 in 2023, 314 in 2022, 202 in 2021, 166 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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