Software Engineer, Ios

Pinterest Pinterest · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · Engineering, Product and Design (L2)

This role is for an iOS Software Engineer at Pinterest. While the company emphasizes AI as a partner and the role is expected to leverage AI tools for tasks like drafting, prototyping, and information synthesis, the core responsibilities involve building Pinner-facing frontend features in iOS, contributing to the product development process, and partnering with design, product, and backend teams. The role requires strong iOS development skills and experience, with an expectation to use AI tools to enhance productivity and quality, and critically evaluate AI-assisted work.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build out Pinner-facing frontend features in iOS to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest
  2. Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users
  3. Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end to end functionality
  4. Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features
  5. Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop

Skills

Required

  • Deep understanding of iOS development and best practices in Objective C and/or Swift, e.g. Xcode, app states, memory management, etc
  • 3+ years of industry iOS application development experience, building consumer or business facing products
  • Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers
  • Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)
  • High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)
  • High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables