Spearhead the definition and design of Pinterest's data warehouse architecture, storage, governance, and usage.
Set the strategic direction for world-class data analytics tools, including experimentation platforms, ad hoc analysis systems, data visualization, data pipeline authoring, and AI-assisted data analytics capabilities.
Define, design, and drive the adoption of comprehensive data governance policies and tooling to ensure data quality, promote responsible data handling, and maximize efficiency.
Lead ambiguous, highly challenging, and cross-functional initiatives across the data ecosystem, expertly managing trade-offs among unique requirements and constraints (e.g., usability, efficiency, and compliance) to deliver a cohesive user experience.
Drive measurable adoption and significant business impact across the entire product portfolio through platform and tooling initiatives.
Mentor and elevate the technical bar for engineers, providing leadership on complex technical design, execution strategies, and critical trade-off decisions.
Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to understand user needs, drive alignment and drive progress.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of relevant industry experience with large scale data warehouses, data tools and platforms.
5+ years experience building data warehouses and tools around the data ecosystem with technologies such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Airflow, Querybook, Superset, DataHub, etc.
Ability to work with cross-functional partners across multiple organizations.
Hands-on experience building tools and data pipelines leveraging AI coding tools, e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, etc.
Hands-on experience building AI tools and platforms to accelerate data pipeline authoring, data analytics and engineering productivity.

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.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Product Platform

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