Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal

Pinterest

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$177,185–$364,795 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

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This role $271k
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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal

Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Signal joins the Conversion Visibility pod to lead the backend architecture and implementation of a GenAI-powered Conversion Health agent. Working in a forward-deployed style, you will partner with internal teams to build end-to-end solutions that use Event Quality Scores and conversion data to detect issues and automate fixes for advertisers. You will design services, data flows, and retrieval layers while hardening prompts and ensuring safety checks for AI tools. The role requires expertise in large-scale distributed systems, data pipelines, and GenAI or ML-powered products. Key technical requirements include SQL proficiency, experience with conversion tracking, attribution, and signal enrichment. You will solve complex problems regarding measurement quality and advertiser performance by translating pain points into automated capabilities within a privacy-preserving environment to improve metrics like ROAS and CPA.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the backend architecture and implementation of a GenAI-powered Conversion Health agent.
  • Design and implement services, data flows, and retrieval layers for agents to reason over conversion data at scale.
  • Harden prompts, improve retrieval quality, and add safety checks to ensure reliable automated monitoring.
  • Develop APIs and workflows to connect sub-agents with downstream advertising products and internal tools.
  • Structure measurement context layers into high-quality, AI-consumable signals from conversion tables and enrichment pipelines.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate technical pain points into specific agent capabilities and features.
  • Establish GenAI standards and guardrails to improve engineering velocity and measurement quality across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience building large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines.
  • Proven track record shipping GenAI- or ML-powered products including retrieval, evaluation, and safety guardrails.
  • Prior ads domain expertise in measurement, conversion tracking, attribution, and campaign optimization metrics like ROAS and CPA.
  • Proficiency in product scoping, data analysis, and experimentation using SQL over large datasets.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in scoping ambiguous problems and driving complex initiatives from vision through launch.
  • Experience upleveling engineers in AI tooling and establishing team-wide standards for AI-assisted workflows.
  • Must be a US-based applicant located within commuting distance of a Seattle office.

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