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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 23 days Pinterest's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pinterest's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinterest
- low 0 stale, 10 reposted of 190 open
- Hiring momentum
- 330 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinterest's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinterest.
About this role
The Staff Software Engineer for Storage Services at Pinterest will lead the technical strategy and execution of storage infrastructure initiatives. This role involves guiding a team in building scalable and efficient storage systems, improving query performance, and modernizing the tech stack. The engineer will also mentor senior engineers and leverage AI to enhance system design and operational efficiency.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pinterest as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience in large-scale distributed systems
- Experience building and/or managing core infrastructure systems at scale, preferably in online structured data storage or distributed databases
- Hands-on experience building and operating highly available, reliable, production-grade systems at scale
- Strong understanding of distributed SQL or NoSQL databases or large-scale graph data stores
- Experience working with or migrating to modern distributed storage/database technologies
Nice to have
- Experience with systems like TiDB or similar
What you get
- Base salary range of $177,185 — $364,795 USD
- Eligible for equity
Worth weighing
- Position not eligible for relocation assistance
- Role requires in-office collaboration 1-2 times/month
- No specific benefits detailed beyond salary and equity
Summarised from Pinterest's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pinterest on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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