Senior Staff Software Engineer, Configuration & Coordination

Pinterest's Service Configuration & Coordination team builds platforms, APIs, and tooling for dynamic configuration and service coordination. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer (IC17), you'll own the end-to-end technical strategy and long-term vision for configuration and coordination infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrate the long-term technical vision for configuration ecosystems
• Spearhead the transition from legacy substrates by migrating mission-critical use cases to modern platforms
• Architect the next generation of control plane interfaces and diagnostic surfaces
• Direct the integration of coordination stacks within the broader deployment and multi-region landscape
• Leverage AI to catalyze infrastructure design and analytical phases

Requirements:

• Decade-plus mastery in high-scale infrastructure and distributed environments
• Proven expertise in orchestrating cross-functional technical strategies for control-plane systems
• Advanced proficiency in distributed coordination and substrate design
• Experience aligning configuration surfaces with deployment pipelines and orchestration frameworks
• History of elevating senior engineering talent while steering parallel workstreams
• Ability to catalyze execution via AI-enabled workflows
• Extreme ownership and professional integrity
• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Benefits:

• The position is eligible for equity
• Base salary range: $208,592-$429,454 USD