About Pinterest:
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.
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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.
About tvScientific
tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.
The Ad Server team is seeking a technical leader to oversee tvScientific’s emerging ad server stack and help drive the ad server independence initiative. This role will be responsible for leading key architectural decisions across core components and integration interfaces, while coordinating the subteams responsible for bidder infrastructure, index building, and VAST serving, initially through dotted-line leadership and over time through direct management of a growing multidisciplinary team.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and make key architectural decisions across the tvScientific ad server tech stack and its major integration points.
- Take technical ownership of the ad server independence roadmap, including developing a clear understanding of the current state of initiatives, ownership across subcomponents, and resourcing needs.
- Oversee and organize the subteams supporting the initiative, including bidder, index building, and VAST serving.
- Serve as the technical DRI for bidder integration work with Pinterest, partnering closely on milestone sequencing, delivery planning, and execution.
- Identify and drive opportunities for shared components and common infrastructure with Pinterest where it makes strategic and technical sense.
- Participate in key strategic technical roadmap and architecture decisions for the Ad Server team.
- Help scale the team over time, including supporting the growth of a multidisciplinary engineering organization.
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 9+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of ad industry experience with 3+ years deep in programmatic ad tech.
- 5+ years of engineering management experience.
- A history of designing scalable, resilient, and observable production systems.
- Demonstrated ability to build and operate high volume, data-intensive services.
- Experience working with ML in low-latency environments.
- Strong data literacy and the ability to use data to inform technical and strategic decisions.
- 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.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
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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.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 9+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years of ad industry experience, including 3+ years deep in programmatic ad tech
- 5+ years of engineering management experience
- History of designing scalable, resilient, and observable production systems
- Experience building and operating high-volume, data-intensive services
- Experience working with machine learning in low-latency environments
- Strong data literacy and ability to use data to inform technical and strategic decisions
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in workflow and to critically evaluate AI-assisted work
- High integrity and ownership, including protecting sensitive data and accountability for final decisions
Pinterest Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pinterest and has not been reviewed or approved by Pinterest.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive in core technical roles, with clearly defined base, bonus, and RSU components. Vesting schedules and pay elements are articulated clearly, supporting visibility into total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include substantial paid parental leave globally alongside fertility and family‑building benefits, adoption assistance, and dedicated caregiver supports. Communications also highlight a phased return‑to‑work approach.
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Flexible Benefits — PinFlex enables role‑dependent hybrid/remote work with home‑office, connectivity, and commuter support, plus the option to work internationally for a limited period with approval. Time away is reinforced by a paid company shutdown and generous vacation framing.
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What We Do
Pinterest is the visual inspiration platform people around the world use to shop products personalized to their taste, find ideas to do offline and discover the most inspiring creators. Today, more than 460 million people come to the platform every month to explore and experience billions of ideas that have been saved. We’re proud to help people to discover and do what they love.
