Software Engineer II, Fullstack
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 the flexibility to do your best work.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact. 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.
About the role
We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Full-stack engineers to join our engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks and features, empowering both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. You’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.
Responsibilities
- Deliver Impactful Features: Design and implement full-stack, user-facing features—setting the course for Pinterest’s next generation of inspiration and discovery.
- Own and Guide the Product Lifecycle: Lead and contribute at every phase, from brainstorming and rapid prototyping to A/B testing and scalable implementation.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with design, product, and backend teams to launch end-to-end solutions.
- Innovate as a User: Channel your perspective as a Pinner to suggest, prototype, and iterate on new product ideas and features.
- Champion Quality: Use automated testing and best practices to deliver reliable, high-quality code—owning your features from inception to release.
- Advance Your Skills: Work with world-class peers on high-impact projects that foster your growth as an engineer.
- Leverage AI Thoughtfully: Accelerate your process with AI—prototyping, outlining, synthesizing information, and automating repetitive tasks, always with a careful, critical approach.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of industry full-stack development experience, building consumer or business facing products.
- Proficiency in one or more common backend and frontend tech stacks: e.g. Javascript, React, API, storage, caching and data processing.
- Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers.
- Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.
- Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).
- High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
Schedule
This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
Pay
The base salary range for this position is $123,696—$254,667 USD. 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.