This role pays more than
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Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.
Pinterest currently has
82 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$164,695–$337,990
across 82 roles with salary data.
As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Merchants, you will join the Merchants organization to lead high-impact engineering at the intersection of commerce platforms, catalog systems, and AI-native experiences. You will own end-to-end technical delivery for cross-team initiatives, including shaping catalog and integration systems for scale, reliability, and quality. Your daily work involves building and evolving ML, GenAI, and AI-assisted merchant tools to improve metadata quality and operational efficiency while ensuring robust validation and guardrails. You will collaborate with Product Managers and Data Scientists to develop onboarding flows, merchant insights, and data-driven pathways from organic success to paid products. The role requires expertise in systems design, API design, and data-intensive systems within commerce or marketplace domains. You will also mentor senior engineers and drive technical decisions regarding revenue, conversion, and catalog health.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
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