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Title: Senior Software Engineer Backend

Location: Sunnyvale, CA - Hybrid

Duration: 3-months, team extends quarterly

Please note! There are interim nights worked, once a week.

Our client is seeking a talented and passionate Staff, Software Engineer - Backend to join their team. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a large project environment with solid technical leadership abilities and strong development background in Java along with experience Cloud Implementation architecture and a proven track record of delivering high-quality scalable software applications.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7-10 years experience
• 60–70% coding, 20–30% design/architecture
• Technologies: Java, SpringBoot, Kafka, CosmosDB, Bigquery, and Kubernetes
• Owns design, ensures scalability
• Confident in pushing designs to production
• Tests own code
• Participates in cross-team contract discussions

Job Description

• Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership that helps accelerate adoption of the absolute best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends, and practices.
• Lead and participate in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing, and developing code, and conducting unit testing. Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.
• Developing highly scalable services to process millions of requests per day and solve complex software systems problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology.
• Gaining exposure to various technologies used in Marketplace and E-commerce platforms.
• Designing and developing backend microservices and APIs for web applications using JVM ecosystem (Kotlin, Java) and other languages and frameworks (Python, Go)
• Collaborate with project teams and cross functional teams. Troubleshoot open issues and bug-fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Interact with project manager to provide e input on project plan.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, root cause), engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues. Formulate action plans, performing actions as designated in the plan. Interpret the results to determine further action, perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and complete online documentation.
• Provide support to the business by responding to users' questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies). Facilitate resolutions and lead cross-functional partnerships.
• Driving projects of high visibility across the organization.

Compensation: $50-$60/hour, depending on experience

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Gopuff's engineering team is building solutions to dramatically change the way people purchase their daily goods. We provide the modern-day solution to meet customers' immediate everyday needs with products ranging from snacks and ice cream to household goods and beer, at the click of a button. In addition to direct to consumer delivery, Gopuff offers our leading fulfillment network as a service to other companies.

We are seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer who is excited about creating innovative solutions to make life effortless for our customers! The kind of people we are looking for want to create an end to end shopping experience that will delight our customers, enable partners to expand their reach through unique brand experiences, and bring new concepts to life from the ground up alongside some of the biggest and most recognizable companies in the world. In short, we are looking for people who are eager to help create the future of Gopuff!

As a senior principal engineer, you will build and own the platforms that our systems run on. You will build high scale, high throughput APIs to serve millions of customers. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to improve the UX for our customers searching and browsing for products on Gopuff.

Your primary responsibility will be to drive the technical architecture and design of our business domains. The right candidate will have the technical aptitude to drive good technology choices through collaboration with empowered teams. Success in this role will be measured by the delivery of business critical results and impact to the engineering department. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about delivering consistently great experiences within our engineering team.

• Lead cross functional projects across multiple teams impacting the success of the larger organization
• Lead technical discussions, design/architect and implement solutions to scale
• Support standard development practices across multiple teams, including idiomatic syntax, design patterns, and test driven development
• Evangelize impactful improvements in our technologies
• Scope, decompose, and organize projects for multiple teammates. Delegate tasks and coordinate teammates to bring those projects to completion with minimal oversight. Generate time estimates with reasonable accuracy to help determine project timelines.
• Trace bugs across the entire software stack, including into the OS, libraries, virtual machine and compiler if necessary
• Implement and monitor analytics to ensure the correctness of the business process
• Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large distributed software applications
• Promote and support GoPuff Engineering's culture of inclusion and diversity.

• 10+ years engineering experience with a proven track record as an engineer building scalable publicly facing web sites preferably in start-up environments or early stage companies
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science (or related field)
• Proven experience in a senior engineering role with increasing responsibility
• Experience leading technical discussions including evaluation and design of technical solutions
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Need to effectively communicate strategy, technical direction, priorities and collaborate with other engineering leads.
• Demonstrated success working in and promoting a rapidly changing, collaborative, and iterative product development environment
• Demonstrated ability to mentor a team, and lead without direction.
• Proficiency with SQL, Postgres, Java, Go (golang), and/or nodejs
• An in-depth and hands on knowledge of data structures, algorithms and modern web and/or cloud technologies

The only predictable thing about life is that it's wildly unpredictable. That's where we come in. When life does what it does best, customers turn to Gopuff to deliver their everyday essentials, and to get through their day & night, work day and weekend.

We're assembling a team of thinkers, dreamers & risk-takers...the kind of people who know the value of peace of mind in an unpredictable world. (And people who love snacks.)

Like what you're hearing? Welcome to Gopuff.

The Gopuff Fam is committed to an inclusive workplace where we do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, age, ancestry, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We believe in diversity and encourage any qualified individual to apply. We are an equal employment opportunity employer.

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Reports To: Manager of Application Development

About the Role:

The Senior Software Engineer is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-quality software solutions. This role emphasizes both individual development work and ownership of design decisions for features and subsystems. Modern tools, including AI-assisted development and architectural support, are leveraged to drive delivery while maintaining accountability for technical outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, test, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable applications and services.
• Act as a senior technical contributor, with responsibility for the design and implementation of features and subsystems.
• Contribute actively to development tasks, applying advanced coding expertise in several programming languages and frameworks.
• Participate in architectural discussions and support incremental evolution of systems with team leads.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineering team members, fostering best practices and ongoing improvement.
• Translate requirements from product owners, business analysts, and stakeholders into technical solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks in assigned systems and projects.
• Support and enhance cloud-based applications (Azure, AWS) with emphasis on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate effectively with onshore and offshore teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and new technologies to encourage innovation.
• Utilize AI-assisted tools to expedite design, documentation, and implementation, while ensuring technical quality.
• Lead and support AI-related initiatives, drawing on prior experience with AI/ML technologies; recommend and implement suitable AI tools and frameworks.
• Test and demonstrate emerging AI tools and platforms via proofs of concept (POCs) to highlight business value.
• Guide customers in leveraging AI to optimize business processes; support teams working on business-facing AI efforts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to contribute to defining an AI roadmap aligned with organizational strategy and technology objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years in a Senior Software Engineer, Lead Developer, or similar role, with proven success delivering production systems.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps) and architectural frameworks.
• Proficient in programming languages such as C#, Python; excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Web Development: Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js).
• Mobile Development: Knowledge of mobile app development tools (e.g., Cordova, Ionic).
• Cloud Development: Experience managing cloud-hosted applications, including Azure Functions and Event Hubs.
• Database Management: Ability to develop and debug stored procedures, views, and tables in SQL Server and MySQL; basic database administration for data integrity and security.
• API Development: Skilled at designing, building, and debugging APIs; experience with RESTful APIs and tools like POSTMAN and SOAPUI.
• DevOps: Designing branching strategies; implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for test automation and deployment.
• Containerization: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for application development and deployment.
• Security: Understanding of secure coding and application security best practices.

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Effective teamwork, working with cross-functional groups including developers, project managers, and analysts.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to make effective decisions under constraints.
• Leadership through mentoring and influencing technical direction.
• Adaptability to new technologies and changing environments.
• Critical thinking in evaluating options and making informed decisions.
• Effective time management across multiple projects.
• Empathy for team and stakeholder perspectives to foster collaboration.

Business Overview

KINESSO is the technology-driven performance marketing agency providing actionable growth for both our agency partners and clients. We turn 'action' into 'outcome' for our clients, leveraging our unique capabilities in optimization, analytics, AI, and experimentation. KINESSO has brought together the collective power of what was formerly Matterkind, Reprise, P3, and Kinesso under one collective entity that will serve as the most powerful delivery engine in the industry. We have extensive offerings spanning across performance marketing and data and technology. Fueled by a deep understanding of consumer behavior, we offer an end-to-end engine of planning and optimization while also delivering on data-driven strategy for social platforms, actionable growth in e-commerce, and creating curated marketplaces specific to each client's function and needs. The company has more than 6,000 employees operating in more than 60 countries. Learn more at Summary

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to spearhead the design and development of a next-generation AI Chat Application that will serve as an enterprise-wide assistant. This application will support a diverse range of organizational functions-including HR, Finance, Business Strategy, Ad Tech, and MarTech-empowering employees with intelligent, context-aware AI capabilities to streamline daily work.

As the Staff Software Engineer, you will guide the technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a scalable, secure, and high-performing platform.

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• Lead Architecture & Development: Define and implement the architecture for an AI-driven chat platform leveraging Python, GCP, and AI services.
  
• Team Leadership: Mentor and guide a team of engineers, driving technical excellence, collaboration, and delivery.
  
• LLM Integration: Build and optimize solutions with LLM foundational models to support natural language understanding, contextual reasoning, and multi-domain workflows.
  
• Partner with Product Owners: Collaborate closely with product owners to assess technical feasibility, translate business needs into actionable engineering requirements, and ensure alignment with overall product strategy.
  
• Scalability & Reliability: Ensure the system is designed with enterprise-grade security, scalability, and compliance in mind.
  
• Innovation: Explore and adopt emerging practices in prompt engineering, multi-agent coordination (MCP/LLM agents), and applied AI to continuously evolve the platform.
  

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• 12+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade applications.
  
• 7+ years of experience with Java (Python experience strongly preferred).
  
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineering teams.
  
• Strong grasp of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
  
• Experience designing and building scalable APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and modular, extensible architectures.
  
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MSSQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
  
• Familiarity with messaging and event-driven platforms like Kafka, Temporal for real-time systems.
  
• Strong expertise in GCP and integrating AI services with LLM foundational models.
  
• Experience with AI-powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude) to improve productivity and code quality.
  
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills, with a bias for secure, observable, and maintainable solutions.
  
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments with cross-functional teams.
  

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• Experience with context engineering and fine-tuning AI/LLM outputs.
  
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for LLM agent orchestration.
  
• Knowledge of LLM agent frameworks for building multi-step, reasoning-driven AI systems.
  
• Experience in enterprise-grade security and compliance frameworks.
  

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee's/applicant's skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.

It is the policy of our company to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with our company, please email .

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Job Description:

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises.

The Product Security group ensures our platforms are secure by design and compliant with the world's most rigorous industry and government standards. As a Staff Product Security Engineer, you will serve as a technical architect of trust and the primary connective tissue between Security, Product, and Engineering teams. You will be responsible for translating complex global security requirements into actionable, automated engineering solutions, acting as the "go-to" expert for the Security Features team.

As a senior technical member of the team, you will exercise significant latitude in defining technical objectives and architectural approaches to complex challenges. Leveraging a deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native platforms, you will lead high-impact, security-driven initiatives across the entire Cloudera product suite.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:

• Architect and maintain advanced build tooling to automate and accelerate vulnerability remediation across all engineering pillars.

• Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) and evaluate third-party security tools to enhance our security posture without compromising developer velocity.

• Design and develop core security features, including FIPS compliance, TLS/Encryption, Secrets Rotation, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Certificate Management.

• Drive root-cause analysis and triage for complex, product-wide stability issues related to security infrastructure.

• Engineer specialized observability tools, such as encryption inventories, to audit and measure security standards during feature delivery.

• Author comprehensive design specifications and test plans for cross-component security features, providing technical clarity in the face of ambiguity.

• Elevate the team's technical bar through high-quality code reviews, documentation standards, and active mentorship of engineering talent.

• Partner across organizational lines, collaborating with internal stakeholders and senior management to resolve customer escalations and align with long-term objectives.

We're excited about you if you have (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience) with 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• Deep technical expertise in containerized environments, specifically Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker.

• Strong command of general-purpose and scripting languages, including Java, Python, Go, and Bash.

• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Helm to automate secure infrastructure rollouts.

• Expert-level experience automating complex CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

• Exceptional troubleshooting skills with a track record of identifying root causes for site outages and resolving P1 escalations.

You may also have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Experience with Post-Quantum Cryptography to support upcoming product transitions.

• Practical experience with FIPS 140-3, TLS 1.3, and modern encryption standards.

• Proven ability to automate CVE remediation and integrate SAST/DAST scanning tools-such as Trivy, Aquasec, Tenable, or Fortify-into developer workflows.

• Familiarity with government compliance frameworks and industry standards including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and SOC 2.

• Deep understanding of secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities as outlined in the OWASP Top 10.

• Experience working with Identity and Access Management (IAM) or Identity Governance platforms.

• Strong management skills with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive results in a remote environment.

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

What you can expect from us:

• Generous PTO Policy

• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days

• Flexible WFH Policy

• Mental & Physical Wellness programs

• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program

• Access to Continued Career Development

• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Employee Resource Groups

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Manufacturing Test Software Engineer

Salary: $125,000 – $150,000 + equity & benefits

Location: Mission District, San Francisco, CA

We’re looking for a self-motivated Manufacturing Test Software Engineer to join our R&D/Pilot test team in San Francisco. You’ll work closely with R&D and Operations to improve test systems, processes, and production readiness for LiDAR products.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain, enhance, and deploy test systems and automation platforms
• Drive improvements in test efficiency, yield, and product quality
• Analyze root causes of failures and implement corrective actions using tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, and Fishbone analysis
• Support scalability and manufacturability projects
• Prepare technical documentation and train test operators

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Python programming and debugging skills
• Experience with test automation in manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with source control tools (Git, Jira, etc.) and quality standards (SPC, GR&R, control charts)
• Experience with LiDAR, robotics, vision systems (Cognex/OpenCV), or test measurement equipment is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years supporting product tests in manufacturing

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.

Team & Mission

The Measurement Products team helps advertisers measure the incremental impact of their Pinterest campaigns and make informed investment decisions. We own and operate core measurement products including Pinterest Conversion Lift (PCL) Studies and Brand Lift Studies.

We build the platform these products run on and are evolving it into our nextgen Measurement Hub, an extensible platform that enables faster product iteration, onboarding of new study types, and deeper integration with Pinterest's enterprise data and experimentation systems. Our mission is to measure true incremental impact and translate it into actionable insights for advertisers and partners.

Role Summary

We're seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the architecture and technical direction of the measurement platform behind how advertisers understand the impact of their investment on Pinterest. You'll drive endtoend platform evolution (pipelines, services, correctness, reliability), partner closely with Product and Data Science, and raise the bar on rigor, trust, and operational excellence in ads measurement.

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• Own endtoend architecture and delivery of features for lift measurement products, from design and implementation through rollout and ongoing reliability.
  
• Design, build, and optimize largescale data pipelines that power study setup, experiment execution, and results computation.
  
• Drive AI enablement across the team by building the supporting tooling and processes (CI checks, test strategy, templates), coaching engineers, and ensuring adoption results in sustained improvements to delivery speed and system quality.
  
• Translate measurement methodology into production systems: partner with Data Science to operationalize study design requirements into pipelines, services, tooling, and guardrails.
  
• Build "rigor by default" mechanisms: automated data validation, randomization/holdout integrity checks, imbalance diagnostics, and continuous verification/backtesting.
  
• Raise the bar on data quality and trust: define SLAs, build monitoring and anomaly detection, and lead rootcause analysis for pipeline and study issues.
  
• Mentor and up level engineers, driving strong technical execution and crossfunctional collaboration.
  

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• BS+ in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on dataintensive systems.
  
• Strong proficiency building and operating largescale data pipelines (batch and/or streaming) using Java/Scala/Kotlin or Python, plus SQL.
  
• Experience designing reliable services and APIs, with solid foundations in distributed systems, data modeling, and performance optimization.
  
• Demonstrated ability to transform a team's engineering workflow using AI-from pilot to broad adoption-through tooling, enablement, and change leadership, with clear metrics (cycle time, defect rate, on-call load, incident rate).
  
• Experience in AdTech and measurement products (e.g., conversion lift, brand lift) or adjacent experimentation/analytics platforms.
  
• Working knowledge of experimentation and causal measurement fundamentals (randomization, holdouts, confounders, significance, power).
  
• Practical experience with backtesting, controlled rollouts, and continuous verification for correctness in measurement/analytics systems.
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead large crossfunctional initiatives, drive alignment, and deliver measurable impact through technical leadership.
  

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.

Team & Mission

The Privacy & Conversion Data team is responsible for how the company safely and compliantly uses conversion data to power monetization. We build and operate the core privacy infrastructure behind ads reporting and optimization, including controlled data environments, finegrained access controls, centralized privacy rules enforcement, and deidentification pipelines for conversion data. Our mission is to make conversion data privacypreserving by default-centralized, deidentified, auditable, and easy for teams to use, while maintaining high utility for advertisers and staying ahead of an evolving global regulatory landscape.

Role Summary

We're seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the architecture and technical direction for the conversion data privacy platform, spanning both core Conversion Data systems and deidentification for ads reporting. You'll own the endtoend design and evolution of privacycritical pipelines and services, partner closely with Product, Data Science, Legal, and infrastructure teams, and set the technical bar for how we use conversion data safely at scale.

What you'll do:

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• Lead the technical strategy and architecture for conversion data privacy across access controls, deidentification, deletion, and privacy rules enforcement, driving toward a centralized, deidentifiedbydefault, automated privacy platform for monetization.
  
• Design and evolve core privacy infrastructure including controlled environments for sensitive data, finegrained authorization and policy enforcement, and a central policy repository that consistently governs access across major data platforms and query engines.
  
• Own deidentification pipelines for ads reporting endtoend-from separating sensitive and nonsensitive data, applying deidentification techniques and transformations, and generating privacypreserving datasets, to validating data utility and feeding reporting and analytics surfaces.
  
• Build and improve privacy frameworks and tooling (for both online and offline workflows) that make safe, compliant conversion data usage simple and selfservice for downstream teams, reducing onboarding friction for new datasets, restrictions, and use cases.
  
• Drive operational excellence and compliance by defining SLAs, building robust monitoring and alerting (e.g., deidentification quality, optout metrics, data leakages), leading incident response, and developing performant deletion and leakagehandling workflows that meet regulatory and audit requirements.
  
• Partner crossfunctionally with ads, data, product, legal, and infrastructure stakeholders to translate legal/privacy requirements into technical designs, make clear tradeoffs between privacy and utility, and drive alignment on roadmaps, launches, and policy changes that impact advertisers and users.
  
• Mentor and uplevel engineers across multiple teams, lead critical design and code reviews in privacysensitive areas, and establish best practices and documentation for privacybydesign, deidentification, and largescale data systems.
  

What we're looking for:

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• BS+ in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on largescale data systems or distributed systems.
  
• Strong proficiency building and operating data pipelines and services using Java/Scala/Kotlin or Python, plus SQL; experience with modern big data ecosystems is a plus.
  
• Experience designing secure, reliable systems and APIs, with solid grounding in data modeling, access control, and performance optimization.
  
• Meaningful experience in at least one of: privacypreserving data systems (e.g., deidentification, kanonymity), ads measurement/attribution, or largescale analytics/experimentation platforms.
  
• Proven ability to drive crossteam technical initiatives from design through rollout, working closely with product, data science, and nonengineering partners (e.g., Legal, Compliance).
  
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers, raising engineering standards, and making sound decisions in ambiguous, highimpact problem spaces.
  

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: