# Staff Software Engineer, App Promotion

**Company**: Pinterest
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $189,308-$389,753 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We're seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the App Promotion engineering team. You'll own the engineering roadmap to take Pinterest's App Install Optimization product from beta to GA, hardening the current alpha/beta experience, closing critical measurement gaps, and ensuring readiness across Ads Manager, backend services, and mobile clients.

You'll manage a team of 5–6 full stack and mobile engineers, foster an inclusive and high-performing team culture, and work closely with cross-functional leaders across Ads, Measurement, and Product to align on strategy, tradeoffs, and execution.

## Responsibilities

- Lead the engineering team responsible for the App Promotion objective and App Install Optimization, owning delivery from beta through GA.

- Partner with Product, Design, and PMM to define and refine the advertiser experience for App Promotion in Ads Manager, including campaign creation, targeting, optimization, and reporting.

- Work with Ads Quality, ML, and infra teams to ensure robust serving, modeling, and experimentation for app promotion campaigns.

- Collaborate with Measurement, Reporting, and Partner teams to close SKAN and MMP attribution gaps and ensure App Promotion reporting is accurate and trusted.

- Establish and maintain strong engineering practices for App Promotion, including design reviews, experimentation standards, on-call, monitoring, and incident response.

- Hire, coach, and develop a diverse team of engineers; foster a culture of inclusion, learning, and operational excellence.

## Requirements

- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

- Several years of engineering management experience leading full stack and/or mobile teams shipping production systems.

- Experience in performance, growth, or ads engineering, preferably with app install, app engagement, or lower-funnel objectives.

- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects involving Product, Data, Design, and other engineering teams.

- Strong technical judgment and ability to dive deep into architecture, data quality, and measurement details when needed.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain strategy, tradeoffs, and technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Commitment to building inclusive teams and promoting a sense of belonging.

## Benefits

- Salary: $189,308-$389,753 USD

- Equity eligibility

- In-office collaboration 1 time per week

## Skills

### Required
- Computer Science
- engineering management
- full stack
- mobile
- ads engineering
- app install
- app engagement

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