Sr. Software Engineer

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. 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.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

Pinterest's Data Privacy Engineering team builds access control, auditing, and data handling services and solutions used across the company to power Pinterest experiences. AI is transforming how software is built, data is analyzed, and users interact with software. We're looking for a Senior Engineer based in Dublin to help build the next generation of Data Privacy solutions for AI platforms, ensuring agents interact with data responsibly and transparently.

What You’ll Do

• Design services and processes used to safely onboard new AI use cases
• Create isolated environments to enable secure agent-driven data processing without direct data exposure
• Design and maintain an auditing pipeline to monitor and log all AI sandbox data egress
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams across Pinterest to identify and tackle new data privacy challenges

• Strong coding and problem-solving skills, with the ability to contribute hands-on across multiple technology stacks
• Strong cross-team communication skills with the ability to plan and execute complex, multi-stakeholder projects
• Hands-on experience with AI-based engineering
• Some understanding of access controls, security systems, or data governance frameworks
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms is a strong plus
• Comfort with experiment-driven development and an eagerness to tackle novel, ambiguous technical challenges
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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.