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About the Role

The IT Collaboration and Productivity Engineering team builds and runs the collaboration and productivity platforms that power how Pinployees communicate, share information, and get work done. As a Staff Software Engineer, AI tools, you will be the technical lead for how third‑party AI tools connect to Pinterest, and a key owner of the custom MCP servers and integrations that expose our internal tools to those tools. You will shape the long‑term architecture for secure AI connectivity, drive major cross‑functional initiatives, and mentor others in building robust, automation‑driven solutions at the frontier of enterprise AI adoption.

Responsibilities

Own third‑party AI tools connectivity end‑to‑end, acting as the primary technical authority for external AI tool authentication, traffic flow, internal data access, and security.
Design and evolve the AI integration architecture, defining standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns for efficient and secure AI vendor onboarding.
Build and operate custom MCP servers and connectors that expose internal tools, integrating AI tools into Pinterest’s skill registry.
Lead incident response and complex troubleshooting for high‑impact integration issues, driving root‑cause analysis and learning‑oriented postmortems.
Build automation and integrations using scripting and platform/tool APIs to streamline connector lifecycle, configuration as code, and monitoring.
Integrate AI tools with identity, security, and IT workflows in collaboration with Security and other infrastructure teams.
Use AI as a force multiplier for engineering work, validating outputs through tests, dry‑runs, and peer review.
Lead cross‑functional projects such as new AI tools onboarding and secure transport/tunnel deployments.
Mentor and uplevel other engineers by reviewing designs and implementations, sharing best practices, and providing clear guidance.
Represent the team with stakeholders and external vendor engineering teams, translating business needs into technical solutions and communicating trade‑offs.

Requirements

7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant hands‑on ownership of building and operating production services or platform integrations in a medium‑to‑large environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong programming skills in one or more backend languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, TypeScript/Node) and solid software design and architecture ability.
Deep, hands‑on expertise in authentication and authorization (OAuth 2.0/2.1, OIDC, SAML, token exchange, PKCE).
Strong systems design and troubleshooting skills, including debugging issues that span clients, network, identity, edge/ingress, and backend services.
Experience building and integrating with APIs and services (REST/RPC, webhooks, SDKs), including connectors against SaaS/tool APIs.
Grounding in engineering quality practices: automated testing, code review, CI/CD, observability, and safe production rollout.
Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and the emerging AI‑connector/gateway ecosystem, and with security, privacy, and compliance controls relevant to external integrations.
Proven use of AI tools to speed up engineering work, with a clear approach to validating outputs, reducing bias, and protecting reliability and security.
Track record of operating at a staff‑level scope: leading large, complex initiatives, shaping cross‑team roadmaps, and owning impactful outcomes.
Ability to lead and mentor other engineers, give clear technical direction, and partner effectively with managers, product owners, and stakeholders.
Comfort working across diverse teams and locations, consistently modeling Pinterest’s values.

Skills

Python
Go
Java
TypeScript
Node
OAuth 2.0/2.1
OIDC
SAML
Token Exchange
PKCE
REST
RPC
Webhooks
SDKs
MCP
Kubernetes/EKS
Terraform
Envoy

Location

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

Staff

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Salary/Compensations

$177,185—$364,795 USD

Benefits

Equity

About the Company

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, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that.
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.
The IT Collaboration and Productivity Engineering team builds and runs the collaboration and productivity platforms that power how Pinployees communicate, share information, and get work done.
We own core SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace, O365, Gemini, Jira, Confluence, Slack, and other collaboration, productivity, and AI tools, and partner closely with Security, People, Legal, and Engineering to design secure, reliable, and intuitive experiences.

Equal Opportunity

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.
We want to have the best qualified people in every job.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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