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About the Role

Pinterest is seeking candidates excited to be part of an AI-augmented creative environment. The role involves leading a cross-platform team focused on image rendering and video playback, driving technical direction, and improving media delivery and user experience across Pinterest apps and web.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-platform team responsible for image rendering and video playback across Pinterest apps and web.
Set the team’s technical direction and drive execution on quality, performance, and reliability for media experiences.
Partner closely with Media Transcoding, Performance, Data Science, Product and Infrastructure teams to improve how media is delivered and experienced across Pinterest.
Drive initiatives to reduce media load times, improve playback smoothness, and ensure high visual quality at scale.
Guide the team through platform and architectural decisions, balancing product needs, technical investments, and long-term maintainability.
Build and grow a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.
Raise the bar on engineering excellence through strong operational practices, performance measurement, testing, and release quality.
Help Pinterest adopt new media technologies and formats in ways that improve the user experience for a global audience.

Requirements

9+ years of software engineering experience, including deep expertise in iOS or Android and solid familiarity with web technologies.
5+ years of engineering management experience leading strong client or platform engineering teams.
Deep understanding of client performance, including profiling, instrumentation, and performance optimization.
Strong technical foundation in media rendering, image delivery, video streaming, and client-side performance.
Experience working with media frameworks such as AVFoundation and ExoPlayer.
A track record of delivering meaningful improvements to product experience, system performance, or engineering efficiency.
Ability to lead work across platforms and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners.
Clear communication skills, strong technical judgment, and a people-focused leadership approach.
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
US based applicants only

Skills

iOS
Android
web technologies
client performance
profiling
instrumentation
performance optimization
media rendering
image delivery
video streaming
client-side performance
AVFoundation
ExoPlayer

Location

Work Type

Hybrid
In-Office Collaboration 2 times/month

Experience Level

9+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of engineering management experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

$208,592—$429,454 USD

Benefits

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

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.
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.

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.
If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.