Sr. Staff Software Engineer, iOS Search and Shopping Journeys

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Pinterest helps more than 600 million people discover new ideas to help design their life Our users come to Pinterest to explore ideas and run more than 80 billion search queries every month

Many of these queries represent exploratory search and shopping intent and are broad, which means that the search system should be able to deeply understand this intent, then help people explore content, personalize results, harness visual and multimodal signals effectively, and show the most engaging content up front

All of this means that Pinterest Search presents a unique challenge quite unlike other search systems and the opportunity to innovate on a product that only Pinterest can build.

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Staff Engineer to lead Search’s product and front-end strategy across iOS and other platforms such as Android and Web, spanning core product lines like Text Search, Visual Search, and Image Search.

In this role

, you’ll lead several teams carving and evolving the Search experience for Pinterest.

What you’ll do

Own and drive the multi-platform product and front-end strategy for Pinterest Search across iOS, Android, and Web, ensuring a cohesive and delightful experience across Text Search, Visual Search, and Image Search.

• Lead the design, implementation, and productionization of end-to-end features and journeys in Search, partnering with product, design, and ML teams to deliver measurable improvements in engagement and quality. Use AI (including LLMs and other generative tec