Quick summary
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Salary
- $129,022–$174,283 / yr
- Posted
- 3 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live yesterday
- Nearby
- 99+ roles within 25 mi
Market check
Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $113,037–$169,630 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $141k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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 52 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $169,886–$339,078 across 46 roles with salary data.
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At a glance
TL;DR · University Grad Software Engineer
As a University Grad Software Engineer 2027 (USA), you will join engineering teams to build new technologies, features, and tools while learning how large-scale systems operate. Working alongside mentors and cross-functional partners in product, design, data, and back-end, you will execute scoped technical tasks end-to-end, ensuring code is well-documented, tested, and maintainable. You will leverage AI tools as a learning, productivity, and engineering partner to accelerate your daily workflow. The role requires a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and software design. Candidates should possess experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or C++, along with familiarity with frameworks like React. You will contribute to various domains including backend, full stack, mobile, web, and security to solve technical challenges for the platform's users.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 925 postings across 71 companies.
Skills
What you'll do
- Deliver well-documented, tested, and operable code for production environments.
- Execute scoped technical tasks end-to-end to build new features and tools.
- Take ownership of the completion, quality, and maintainability of assigned projects.
- Use AI tools in daily workflows to brainstorm, write code, and produce documentation.
- Contribute to engineering work across backend, full stack, mobile, web, or security domains.
- Communicate ideas and perspectives with candor while incorporating feedback for professional growth.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field expected by June 2027.
- Must be available to start full-time between January 2027 and September 2027.
- At least one year of programming experience through internships, research, coursework, teaching, personal projects, open source, or hackathons.
- Familiarity using AI as a learning, productivity, and engineering tool with strong judgment regarding accuracy and security.
- Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and software design.
- Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or C++.
- Previous software engineering internship experience (preferred).
- Strong communication skills, product sense, and a growth mindset.
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