This role pays more than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$153,513–$219,425
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$271k
versus about
$186k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
55 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$158,765–$320,320
across 55 roles with salary data.
As a Staff Engineer on Pinterest’s Privacy & Conversion Data team, you will lead the technical direction and architecture for privacy-preserving conversion data systems, ensuring compliance with global regulations. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing and evolving core privacy infrastructure, owning end-to-end de-identification pipelines for ads reporting, and building frameworks that simplify safe data usage for downstream teams. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, Legal, and infrastructure teams to translate legal requirements into technical solutions while maintaining high utility for advertisers. Key skills required are strong proficiency in Java/Scala/Kotlin or Python, experience with large-scale data systems, and a background in privacy-preserving data systems, ads measurement, or analytics platforms. This role demands expertise in secure system design, data modeling, access control, and performance optimization, as well as the ability to mentor engineers and drive cross-team initiatives.