CareerPlan

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

USAFull-time$209k–$429k2026-11-08 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Shape and scale Pinterest's AI/ML evaluation platform into a unified, reliable system adopted company-wide to ensure production-grade quality and enable rapid iteration for GenAI and ML workloads.

Role type

Sr. Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform)

Builds

A unified, durable evaluation system for GenAI and ML workloads

Domain

Generative AI, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

GenAI and RecSys evaluation design, distributed systems architecture, Python programming, automated metrics design, human feedback integration, model-based grading, failure analysis, technical strategy definition, cross-team alignment

Preferred skills

Experience with AutoEvals, OpenEvals, Ragas, robustness analysis, bias detection, privacy and security in GenAI

Technologies

Python, AutoEvals, OpenEvals, Ragas

Responsibilities

Identify modernization opportunities and scale the roadmap for a company-wide evaluation system; Define cross-team technical strategy and drive broad adoption of shared evaluation capabilities; Establish evaluation methodologies balancing automated metrics, expert judgment, and safety; Lead complex cross-team workstreams and resolve technical tradeoffs

Seniority

Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope