Senior UX Engineer

Pinterest

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$155,584–$320,320 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $150,000–$225,075 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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About Pinterest

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 79 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $177,185–$339,078 across 73 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior UX Engineer

As a Sr. UX Engineer, you will join a small innovative design team to bridge the gap between design and engineering. You will drive initiatives that empower designers to build high-quality user experiences for Pinners and Advertisers by ensuring design fidelity and technical feasibility. Your daily responsibilities include contributing to the strategic technical direction of cross-platform design system libraries, mentoring team members, and building tooling to leverage AI capabilities. You will develop high-fidelity prototypes and maintain design visions through code. The role requires deep experience in mobile native UI development using Android SDK, Kotlin, UIKit, and Swift. You must demonstrate proficiency in developing design systems, managing cross-functional projects, and applying human-in-the-loop best practices for AI-assisted work to solve complex scaling problems.

What you'll do

  • Contribute to the strategic technical direction for cross-platform design system libraries.
  • Maintain design and UX visions through code by applying technical architecture and data.
  • Evolve the design system by improving standards, guidelines, and reusable components.
  • Create and distribute high-fidelity prototypes using AI for product alignment and user testing.
  • Build tooling that helps designers and engineers leverage AI capabilities in their daily workflows.
  • Mentor team members and participate actively in design and code reviews.
  • Design scalable solutions that address problems for both current and future product needs.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a design technologist, engineer, or UX engineer.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • Deep experience working in mobile native UI development using Android SDK, Kotlin, UIKit, and Swift.
  • Experience developing a design system or leading design system initiatives.
  • Proven track record of delivering highly reliable technical solutions that scale and large, cross-functional projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve workflow speed and quality while following human-in-the-loop best practices.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Basic awareness of accessibility principles with a commitment to further learning.

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