Sr. UX Engineer

About the Position

Sr. UX Engineer

San Francisco / Remote

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. We’re looking for a Design Technologist / UX Engineer to drive initiatives that empower designers to build modern world-class user experiences for our Pinners and Advertisers with high productivity, performance, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to strategic technical direction for our design systems’ cross-platform libraries
• Design solutions that address problems at both current and future scale
• Work with designers, product managers, management, internal business partners, and other subject matter experts
• Ensure a seamless connection between design and engineering by maintaining design/UX visions through code, applying technical architecture, and data
• Work within the design system and help evolve the system to meet the needs of our users; Contribute to the continuous improvement of design standards, guidelines, and reusable components
• Mentor team members and participate actively in design and code reviews, team processes, and decision-making
• Use AI to create, develop, and distribute high fidelity prototypes for product alignment and user testing
• Build tooling that helps designers and engineers leverage AI capabilities in their daily workflows

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a design technologist, engineer, or UX engineer
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Proven track-record of delivering highly reliable technical solutions that scale
• Deep experience working in mobile native UI development (Android SDK, Kotlin, UIKit, Swift)
• Experience developing a design system or leading design system initiatives
• Experience breaking down big challenges into smaller decisions framed as trade-offs (e.g. time vs. scope)
• Track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects across multiple organizations and being a champion of developer experience, performance, and quality
• Excellent communication and collaboration with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Basic awareness of accessibility principles with a commitment to further learning
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
• Strong track record of human-in-the-loop best practices through critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $155,584-$320,320 USD
• Equity eligibility
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment

About the Company

At Pinterest, we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. We are committed to providing greater transparency and sharing the base salary range for this position. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

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