Engineering Journal Jobs in Berkeley, CA

Position: Principal AI Engineer

Location: San Francisco CA Hybrid

Contract

Job Summary:

• We are seeking a senior level AI/ML engineering contractor to temporarily step into a technical leadership and team lead role supporting personalization models and the company’s AI platform.
• The ideal candidate can balance technical expertise, strategic decision making, and day to day team guidance to ensure continuity during the leave period.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Senior level 12 years of experience building and operating machine learning systems in production.
• Strong understanding of ranking models, recommendation systems, model evaluation, and experiment design.
• Hands on expertise with modern AI/ML engineering tools (e.g., Python, Spark or similar, cloud-based ML pipelines, cloud model serving frameworks, and API design).
• Ability to lead engineering discussions, guide team members, and provide clear direction.
• Strong organizational skills: able to manage complex projects and maintain structure during a temporary leadership period.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical details into clear action for partners and stakeholders.

Manufacturing Technician

Location: Mission District (100% Onsite)

Schedule: Swing Shift - 3pm - 11pm

Compensation: $35/hour

Duration: 6-Month Contract (Potential for Extensions)

We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Technician to join our team onsite in San Francisco’s Mission District. This is a hands-on, day-shift role supporting both engineering and production activities in a high-precision manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform precision soldering, including work with small components
• Follow all safety procedures, including laser safety requirements
• Construct, test, and calibrate engineering and production robotic/computer-controlled assembly systems
• Interpret engineering prints, schematics, and assembly instructions
• Utilize high-precision measuring equipment and maintain detailed calibration records
• Support root cause analysis of manufacturing, quality, and yield issues

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience
• Strong soldering background, particularly with small components
• Experience with mechanical hand and power tools
• Proficient with oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, optics, and cameras
• Experience working with lasers, laser safety, beam focus, pattern recognition, and active alignment
• Experience with UV adhesive auto-dispense and curing processes
• Experience with multi-axis, vision-assisted, computer-controlled robotic assembly equipment in both R&D and volume manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of pneumatic actuated slides, grippers, and hexapod tables
• Experience identifying root cause of manufacturing, quality, and yield issues
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SPC tools, and flowcharting software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods
• Ability to lift and carry up to 35 lbs

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled technician looking for a 6-month contract role with strong potential for extension in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

SBT is the exclusive retained recruiting firm for this position.

Company Overview

This confidential startup is a well-funded early-stage semiconductor company focused on advancing AI-driven design to address emerging challenges in the artificial intelligence ecosystem. The company is developing innovative technologies that leverage automation and machine learning to accelerate the design and development of complex analog semiconductor solutions. By applying AI to traditionally manual and time-intensive design processes, the organization aims to unlock faster innovation cycles and enable the next generation of AI hardware infrastructure.

Job Role

• Design and implement digital control logic for power management ICs
• Work closely with analog engineering teams to ensure effective integration between digital control blocks and analog power circuitry
• Develop high-quality, power-efficient RTL using Verilog or SystemVerilog to support key features
• Contribute to product readiness for manufacturing by supporting design-for-test methodologies
• Create and execute comprehensive verification strategies, including mixed-signal simulations and behavioral modeling

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in digital IC design, including significant experience developing solutions for mixed-signal or power management semiconductor products.
• Strong proficiency in RTL development using Verilog or SystemVerilog for synthesizable digital design.
• Hands-on experience designing digital control logic for power conversion systems, including control loops used in power management or DC-DC converter applications.

The Senior Estimator responsible for preparing budgets, estimates and pre- bid packages for construction projects to be built for clients under the CM at Risk guaranteed maximum pricing structure.

Responsibilities also include working with the project management team in establishing a bidders list, soliciting and evaluating subcontractor proposals and scopes of work, preparing quantity surveys and reviewing project plans and specifications for constructability and value engineering in all CSI (Construction Specification Institute) categories of work.

The Senior Estimator will supervise a team of estimators and cost engineers who support departmental and organizational goals through their efforts.

Responsibilities includes (but may not be limited to):

• Performs accurate, thorough and timely quantity takeoffs using company format, detail and coding for all MasterFormat (CSI), Uniformat and bid packages for all levels of project documents (schematic, design development and construction documents) that can be clearly understood by internal and external team members.
• Assist in developing estimates by evaluating drawings, building plans, specifications, & related documents.
• Assists in providing quantity comparison between estimate revisions.
• Prepares detailed estimate.
• Actively participates in the internal estimate review process.
• Develops accurate and concise clarifications and assumptions with the project management team’s assistance.
• Assists with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
• Summarize estimate data into reports for review by executive team, clients, and design teams.
• Prepares and presents budget presentations to owners and architects.
• Leads the buyout process.
• Prepare detailed instructions to bidders, trade specific scope of work and comprehensive bid packages.
• Directs, coordinates and provides information and documents to subcontractors.
• Assist with pre-bid site walks and document existing conditions.
• Assist with subcontractor bid review and ensure scope of work is comprehensive.
• Prepare bid tallies for project team and owner review.
• Leads in the technical review of plans and specifications during the schematic design, design development and construction document phases of pre-construction.
• Assist with reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
• Obtains clarification on plans and specifications from architects and engineers when necessary.
• Conducts reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
• Communicates with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and documents these clarifications.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills internally with project management team, and externally with owner, architect, engineer, and subcontractors.
• Manage individual workload to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
• Manage other team members’ workloads to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
• Ability to perform duties across multiple projects concurrently.
• Considers and understands problems and identifies appropriate solutions.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets customer’s expectations.
• Attends project site pre-bid meetings, site tours and post-bid interviews as required.
• Assist and participate with pursuit interview prep and presentations.
• Develops unit costs accurately and analyzes value management analysis options.
• Develops Cost Management / Value Engineering log process and manages during the preconstruction process.
• Develops Variance Reports at milestone issuances that clearly define deltas between estimates for internal and external use.
• Develop Cost Studies in clear and concise platform for project team review and decision making.
• Develop Benchmark studies for project estimate comparison for internal review and analysis.
• Self-reliant in researching, understanding, and developing knowledge of building designs, systems, construction materials, and methods through available resources.
• Ability to teach, educate, and guide both internal and external team members.
• Provides internal database input based on current market feedback for incorporation into database.
• Leads in the training and development of cost engineers.
• Leads in the training and development of estimators.
• Provide feedback to estimate team members on work process / work product on a regular basis.
• Works closely with new hires and/or new project teams to educate them on the way of doing business based on standard forms, programs and operational standards.
• Oversees the preconstruction process with the owner’s team.
• Provides support as needed to the project management teams as needed.
• Creates projected budgets early in the design phase of a project.
• Coordinates preconstruction planning with design team, contractors and clients.
• As necessary, works with Executive Group on special initiatives, company goals and associate related training and/or programs.
• Provides input on future projects via lessons learned and continuous improvement.
• Attends project meetings with clients, the city and design team.
• Works with development or owner to coordinate the design and specifications on issues.
• Leads the pre-construction team to ensure initial budgeting represents current market pricing and quality reporting.
• Communicates with project management team, ownership, clients, subcontractors, vendors, etc. to provide quality results while mitigating project risks.
• Collaborates with VP’s towards a common goal; streamline the project delivery process, review progress of buy- out, submittals, construction schedule and performance on all projects.
• Keeps current with latest estimating technology and techniques.
• Manages project budgets for preconstruction services.
• Manage time and utilize electronic timecard software in a timely manner.
• Other duties upon request.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as Estimator / Sr. Estimator in commercial construction industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Science, or Civil Engineering preferred but not required
• General Construction Knowledge
• Knowledgeable in civil/site construction, foundation and structural systems, interior finishes, exterior wall systems, mechanical and electrical systems and the costs of these systems
• Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications
• General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, and GMP processes
• Proficient in all estimating software programs used in preconstruction: On-Screen Takeoff (OST), Destini, Timberline, Building Connected, Assemble, Bluebeam, Power BI, BIM360, Excel, Word, MS Project
• Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong math and analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Organized, efficient, able to multi-task effectively, hardworking, and dedicated
• Able to thrive in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, and both oral and written communication skills
• Enjoys being part of a collaborative team and a fun work environment
• Possess the ability to estimate all aspects of a commercial construction project, assemble into one budget and present to owners
• Must be able to operate as a “stand alone” estimator able to handle complete projects if required
• Ability to manage personnel, subcontractors, preconstruction schedules and preconstruction budgets
• Ability to mentor and coach personnel

Working Conditions:

• Duties required physical abilities such as repetitive hand and finger motion, sitting, standing, walking, as well as extending hands and arms in work areas.
• The individual is required to occasionally move around the office and constantly operate a computer and other office machinery, etc.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED.

Swing Shift 100% On-site in San Francisco - Free Employee Parking

Manufacturing Technician

Location: Mission District (100% Onsite)

Schedule: Swing Shift - 3pm - 11pm

Compensation: $35/hour

Duration: 6-Month Contract (Potential for Extensions)

We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Technician to join our team onsite in San Francisco’s Mission District. This is a hands-on, day-shift role supporting both engineering and production activities in a high-precision manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform precision soldering, including work with small components
• Follow all safety procedures, including laser safety requirements
• Construct, test, and calibrate engineering and production robotic/computer-controlled assembly systems
• Interpret engineering prints, schematics, and assembly instructions
• Utilize high-precision measuring equipment and maintain detailed calibration records
• Support root cause analysis of manufacturing, quality, and yield issues

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of industry experience
• Strong soldering background, particularly with small components
• Experience with mechanical hand and power tools
• Proficient with oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, optics, and cameras
• Experience working with lasers, laser safety, beam focus, pattern recognition, and active alignment
• Experience with UV adhesive auto-dispense and curing processes
• Experience with multi-axis, vision-assisted, computer-controlled robotic assembly equipment in both R&D and volume manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of pneumatic actuated slides, grippers, and hexapod tables
• Experience identifying root cause of manufacturing, quality, and yield issues
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SPC tools, and flowcharting software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods
• Ability to lift and carry up to 35 lbs

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled technician looking for a 6-month contract role with strong potential for extension in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

About tvScientific

tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.

In this role, you'll be working with a team of engineers on our CTV-focused ad-buying platform. You'll have a strong understanding of core engineering principles and production experience with software engineering techniques like automated testing, source control, deployment pipelines, infrastructure, and agile planning. You've previously built SPAs using JavaScript, React, or similar technologies and have hands-on experience maintaining and improving these code bases. We're looking for someone driven to build amazing products with the end user in mind.

What you'll do:

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• Build efficient, high-performing front-end features in a modern SPA web framework.
  
• Write efficient, clean, readable, fast, testable, documented code.
  
• Deliver new features to production.
  
• Collaborate with internal and external teams and other engineers to deliver a compelling easy-to-use product for the end-user / users.
  
• Work closely with other engineers in a small, informal, remote team environment.
  
• Ship code often in a fast-paced agile environment with continuous deployment.
  
• Mentor and support other frontend engineers.
  
• Work alongside and learn from talented engineers who have worked at leading advertising and technology companies.
  

What we're looking for:

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• Production experience with JavaScript.
  
• Experience working with React.
  
• Production experience with Single Page Applications.
  
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn/adapt to new technologies.
  
• Strong fundamental experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  
• Passion for building reliable "done right the first time" web applications.
  
• Ability to work under pressure and iterate quickly against rapidly updating plans.
  
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field
  
• Nice-to-Haves:
  
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  • Adtech Experience.
    
  • Specific domain experience in CTV.
    
  • Experience with Material UI.
    
  • Experience with graphing libraries.
    
  • Understanding of AWS technologies.
    
  
  
  

In-Office Requirement Statement:

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• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
  

Relocation Statement:

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• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

We're looking for an experienced and thoughtful Lead Ads Policy Manager to join our Content Product policy team. Our policy team keeps Pinterest a safe, positive and welcoming environment for our 450+ million global users by developing industry-leading content policies. You'll develop policies on generative AI, advise on new product risk, autonomously lead complex projects, and set the strategy for the AI policy function. You'll ensure our product policies are enforceable at scale and build a strong relationship with product teams. You'll seek out feedback from internal stakeholders and external experts and collaborate with our Product, Engineering, Legal, Public Policy, and Communications teams. This role will sometimes involve reviewing graphic and disturbing content and discussing difficult subjects.

What you'll do:

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• Collaborate with your Policy teammates, cross-functional partners, executives and outside experts to craft industry-leading generative AI policies to protect Pinners and keep Pinterest safe and inspiring.
  
• Partner with Trust & Safety, Product, and Engineering teams to embed AI safety best practices in product launches and scale AI policy enforcement globally.
  
• Anticipate opportunities and advise on risks of new generative AI policies to help keep Pinterest ahead of the next challenge
  
• Drive regulatory and compliance efforts for content policy matters
  
• Partner with the leadership team to set strategy for product policies, including how to prioritize among competing demands for our time and expertise, and mentor others
  
• Continuously evaluate and iterate on our policy approaches
  
• Evaluate high-profile escalations
  
• Facilitate and productively engage in complex policy discussions, including respectfully challenging team members and xfn partners, using contrarian techniques to strengthen policy analysis, and incorporating new and diverse viewpoints
  

What we're looking for:

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• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as public policy, research or equivalent experience.
  
• Substantial experience with AI policy, generative AI systems, trust and safety operations, or policy development for AI-driven products, including drafting guidance for a global audience and managing escalations.
  
• Strong understanding of global online safety trends, generative AI and LLMs ; can identify and mitigate policy risk areas
  
• Experience developing and scaling AI policy and enforcement at a global level.
  
• An autonomous leader with strong writing skills and great verbal communication
  
• A skilled relationship builder who maintains collaborative partnerships within your team, across the company, and with outside audiences. Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams including Operations, Product, Legal, Public Policy and Comms
  
• Excellent project management skills and ability to work on multiple projects
  
• Excellent judgment and critical thinking skills: you can assess numerous inputs, weigh tradeoffs, manage ambiguity, and make difficult decisions
  
• A thoughtful leader with a demonstrated experience leading complex projects and mentoring others
  

Relocation Statement:

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• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  

In-Office Requirement Statement:

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• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
  
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times a quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
  

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Open date: October 30, 2025

Most recent review date: Monday, Mar 9, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Friday, Oct 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

UC Berkeley's Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) offers challenging summer classes for high achieving and motivated young K- 12 scholars. Since 1982, the program has invited excelling students from the Bay Area and around the world into a unique academic community. We look for strong students from all backgrounds who are hardworking, enjoy learning, and are prepared for an intellectually stimulating and demanding summer class. Courses are taught by outstanding public school, private school, and university instructors as well as industry professionals who have deep knowledge of their subject areas and are committed to helping students think and understand deeply.

ATDP's mission is to enable all highly motivated and prepared students to pursue their academic passions through rigorous summer coursework in a community of like-minded peers.

ATDP's Learner Outcomes state that ATDP students will be able to:

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• successfully complete rigorous and challenging coursework in a chosen discipline,
  
• pursue their academic passions and deep interests, and
  
• participate in an academic community of similarly motivated peers.
  

Teacher Special Programs (TSP): The TSP will teach within ATDP's summer Elementary Division (ED, grades K-6), Secondary Division (SD, grades 7-12), or Global Programs (GP grades 7-12). This involves designing, and delivering age, grade, and achievement level student-centered curricula for a particular content area within the format and time parameters of a specific course, and whose teaching philosophy is aligned with ATDP's mission and Learner Outcomes.

ATDP unites teachers who love to teach with students who want to learn. We are in constant search of qualified, temporary, part-time, high-energy, passionate, and creative instructors, co-instructors, and instructional associates (IAs) for our summer courses. While each summer's faculty cohort is generally assembled by late winter, specific openings may remain unfilled, and we will keep promising candidates in mind for future summers.

Individuals who qualify to teach in the following subjects are encouraged to apply each year: Mathematics (ED & SD), Writing (ED & SD), Elementary Science (ED), Chemistry (SD), Physics (SD), Electronics (SD), Introduction to Engineering (SD), Intro/Advanced Biotechnology (SD & GP), Artificial Intelligence Applications (SD & GP), Advanced Robotic Engineering (SD), Earth/Planetary/ Physical Sciences (ED & SD), Programming in Scratch/Snap/Java/Python (ED & SD & GP), Algorithms & Data Structures (SD), Architectural Design (SD & GP), Art Practice (ED & SD), Business & Finance (SD & GP), Data Science or AP Statistics (SD), Entrepreneurship (SD & GP), Practice of Law (SD), Public Speaking (SD & GP), Social Psychology (SD & GP), AP Psychology (SD), Cognitive Neuroscience (SD).

Responsibility for teaching courses in ATDP's Elementary Division (grades K-6), Secondary Division (grades 7-12), and Global Programs (grades 7-12). Final course format (online or on- site) and schedule will depend on public health orders and/or University policies as well as enrollment minimums.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include: holding office hours, assigning grades, writing student evaluations, advising students, attending faculty meetings, and preparing course materials. Teachers are also required to attend a Faculty-wide pre-service meeting in May; SD instructors must attend the Student/Parent orientation in June. ED instructors must attend the Student/Parent Orientation in July. Pending public health orders and/or University policies, such events may occur virtually.

School:

Program:

A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent international degree or enrollment in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree program.

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree.

Minimum three years demonstrated experience in related content area. Demonstrated experience teaching diverse K-12 students in formal or informal settings. U.S. Teaching Credential or M.A. or equivalent international credential/degree or higher in related content area. Teaching experience in the subject matter field with diverse populations preferred.

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• Teaching Statement - Please discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can include, for example, specific efforts, accomplishments, and future plans to support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy.

  
  

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Reference names are collected but may not be contacted depending on the size of the recruitment pool and needs of the review committee. If references are requested, they will be requested for all applicants who are still under consideration at that time.

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UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Unless stated otherwise, unambiguously, in the position description, this position does not include sponsorship of a new consular H-1B visa petition that would require payment of the $100,000 supplemental fee.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

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• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
  
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About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

About tvScientific

tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help design, build, and scale tvScientific's contract and billing systems that support direct advertisers, internal teams, and Finance. This role focuses on building backend services that can support a wide range of contract structures and billing models while maintaining strong guarantees around correctness, auditability, and operational reliability.

You'll work on systems that must operate accurately across different commercial relationships and external partners, ensuring our contract logic remains consistent, flexible, and maintainable as the business scales.

This is a high-impact backend role at the intersection of revenue, finance, and customer operations, where clear domain modeling, data integrity, and sound engineering judgment matter more than any specific implementation approach.

What you'll do:

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• Design and implement backend systems for contract lifecycle management, including creation, versioning, approvals, amendments, and renewals
  
• Build and evolve contract management capabilities (e.g., terms, payouts, attribution rules, eligibility, and partner-specific logic) for our CPA Contract/Billing model
  
• Support the expansion of CPM billing model contracts, including rate management, impression-based calculations, and integrations with billing and finance systems
  
• Develop APIs and services that serve customers, internal operations teams, and finance stakeholders
  
• Partner closely with Product, Finance, and Data teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
  
• Ensure systems are auditable, accurate, and compliant, with strong data integrity guarantees
  
• Improve system observability, reliability, and performance as contract volume and complexity scale
  
• Own backend services and data models related to contracts and billing
  
• Lead technical design discussions and make pragmatic architectural decisions
  
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code with a strong focus on correctness
  
• Drive improvements in data consistency, validation, and error handling across contract workflows
  
• Review code and mentor other engineers, setting a high bar for backend quality
  
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support new deal structures and evolving business models
  

What we're looking for:

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• Experience with billing/contract mechanisms (specifically affiliate platforms)
  
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience
  
• Experience building large-scale full-stack products.
  
• Deep understanding of web development and best practices in React/Redux
  
• Strong experience with programming languages Javascript and Python/Java
  
• Strong software engineering principles and practices
  
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
  
• Nice-to-Haves:
  
  • 
    
  • Experience working closely with finance or accounting teams
    
  • Background in building audit-friendly or compliance-sensitive systems
    
  
  
  

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• 
  
• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
  

Relocation Statement:

• 
  
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit ourPinFlexpage to learn more about our working model.
  

#LI-SM4

#LI-REMOTE

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

This role sits at the intersection of advertiser experience and ad creative, owning the tools and workflows that help advertisers create, manage, and optimize the right ad for the right Pinner at scale. You'll shape how creative assets are uploaded, organized, and activated across campaigns, including new AIpowered and automated solutions. Your work will directly impact how efficiently advertisers of all sizes can create onbrand, highperforming campaigns, and will be a key driver of Pinterest Ads revenue growth.

What you'll do:

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• Own and evolve core surfaces in Ads Manager, where advertisers of all sizes plan, buy, optimize, and measure their campaigns.
  
• Build endtoend solutions that help advertisers upload, manage, and promote ad creatives, including creative libraries, templates, and creative automation tools.
  
• Partner closely with engineering, design, data science, marketing, sales, and operations to define, align on, and ship improvements for both selfserve and managed advertisers, across global markets.
  
• Deeply understand advertiser and agency workflows through research, data, and customer conversations; translate those insights into clear product requirements and roadmaps.
  
• Explore and ship AIpowered and automated creative solutions that help advertisers scale highquality Pinterestnative creative.
  

What we're looking for:

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• Experience with digital advertising and performance marketing: You understand performance ads concepts (e.g., optimization goals, bidding, attribution, creative testing) and how creative impacts performance.
  
• Strong product discovery skills: You're comfortable talking to customers, mapping workflows, validating problems, and translating insights into clear product strategies and roadmaps.
  
• Proven success leading crossfunctional teams: You've driven alignment and shipped products with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and operations partners in a fastpaced environment.
  
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action: You can bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces and move quickly while keeping stakeholders informed.
  
• Excellent communication of complex topics: You can explain technical concepts and tradeoffs to nontechnical audiences and drive clear decisions.
  
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  

Relocation Statement:

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• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  

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• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
  
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
  

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

Our Commitment to Inclusion: