Is Pinterest a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Pinterest have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 142 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Pinterest employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Pinterest now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Pinterest .

Does Pinterest pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Pinterest with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 142 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Pinterest.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Pinterest?

91% of Software Developer employees at Pinterest would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 14% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Pinterest with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pinterest?

Software Engineer (151) , Account Manager (58) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Partner Manager (28) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Data Scientist (17) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Software Engineer Intern (15) , Product Designer (13) , Program Manager (12) , Product Manager (11) , Sales Manager (11) , Account Coordinator (9) , Senior Account Manager (9) , Software Engineer II (9)

What are the pros of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"3. People are nice and respectful" ((in 159 reviews)); "Good benefits and lunch options" ((in 99 reviews)); "Good work life balance and teams/collegaue" ((in 83 reviews)); "the pay is good" ((in 45 reviews)); "Great team (dependent on org)" ((in 37 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership spends more time managing optics and public image than focusing on meaningful change or actual company performance." ((in 43 reviews)); "Inexperienced and insensitive middle management." ((in 10 reviews)); "Not exempt from layoffs and resource shorages" ((in 9 reviews)); "Diversity is a huge problem, especially for women." ((in 9 reviews)); "It’s all bullying, discrimination and a crappy career framework with a clueless exec team." ((in 6 reviews))

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Pinterest Software Developer reviews

4.2

91% would recommend to a friend

(142 total reviews)

Bill Ready

87% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Software Engineer (Developer) employees have rated Pinterest with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 142 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Developer) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Pinterest is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Developer) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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142 reviews

5.0

Feb 17, 2017

Full time engineer after solid internship

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Pros

* Good mentors and opportunity to make impact, even during a short internship. I wrote code that is still in use 2 years later! * Awesome internship program with all the swag/perks/events you expect out of silicon valley * HUGE monetization opportunity with large user growth prospects, too * Challenging work of scaling a product to 100s of millions of users, thousands and thousands of advertisers, billions of unique ideas

Cons

Tech debt and occasional management shuffles slow down the engineering team -> (new head of eng looks like she'll fix these issues) Pre-IPO startup means you trade cash for stock (less liquid) in terms of your compensation

5.0

Sep 6, 2016

LOVED IT

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Perks are amazing, people are friendly, and I can see pinterest has great potential

Cons

Sometimes company moves a bit slow

5.0

Aug 4, 2016

Great place to work for user-facing product engineers

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* Great work environment, perks, free food etc. * Product engineers work directly with world-class designers * A/B experimentation and data analysis tools make feature development fun and addicting * Middle management is held accountable by their reports * ICs can still have a large impact on product * Company makes an effort to take care of its employees

Cons

* Company is growing fast so expect frequent org changes and restructuring * No 401k match * Campus is spread between multiple buildings across blocks

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