Tech Stack

Description

Pinterest seeks a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across data warehouse architecture, analytical tools, and data governance. You will drive strategy for a massive-scale data ecosystem, design and adopt governance policies, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years relevant industry experience with large-scale data warehouses, data tools, and platforms
• 5+ years experience building data warehouses and tools using Spark, Trino, Flink, Airflow, Querybook, Superset, DataHub, or similar
• Hands-on experience building tools and data pipelines leveraging AI coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex)
• Hands-on experience building AI tools and platforms to accelerate data pipeline authoring, analytics, and engineering productivity

Responsibilities

• Spearhead definition and design of Pinterest's data warehouse architecture, storage, governance, and usage
• Set strategic direction for world-class data analytics tools including experimentation, ad hoc analysis, data visualization, pipeline authoring, and AI-assisted analytics
• Define and drive adoption of comprehensive data governance policies and tooling to ensure data quality, responsible handling, and efficiency
• Lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives across the data ecosystem, managing trade-offs among usability, efficiency, and compliance
• Mentor and elevate the technical bar for engineers on complex design, execution strategies, and trade-off decisions