Staff Software Engineer, Workflow Platform

Pinterest

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
$177,185–$364,795 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $226k
This role $271k
$155k most similar roles pay here $387k

This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $198,000–$254,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $271k versus about $226k 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 82 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $164,695–$337,990 across 82 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Workflow Platform

As a Staff Software Engineer, Workflow Platform, you will join the Workflow platform team to design, implement, optimize, and operate the company's data control plane. You will lead complex technical projects from architecture through execution, focusing on the workflow platform, data context platform, and Jupyter notebook infrastructure. Your daily work involves strengthening reliability and performance while shaping long-term technical directions for scalable, AI-native data systems. You will collaborate with stakeholders to unlock innovations and contribute to open-source communities including Apache Airflow, Datahub, and Jupyter notebook. The role requires proficiency in Python or Java and extensive experience building large-scale production distributed systems. This position solves critical infrastructure challenges by providing the primary control plane for the data ecosystem, enabling engineers and data scientists to build pipelines, train models, and power business-critical metrics.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and operate Pinterest's data control plane including Workflow and Data context platforms.
  • Lead complex technical projects from initial architecture through final execution.
  • Drive the long-term technical direction for scalable and modernized data infrastructure.
  • Lead the team to improve the reliability and performance of internal systems.
  • Guide the product roadmap toward becoming AI-native.
  • Contribute to and engage with open source communities like Apache Airflow, Datahub, and Jupyter.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production distributed systems.
  • Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure platforms.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java.
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence architecture across teams.
  • Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

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