Is Pinterest a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Pinterest have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 33 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 Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at Pinterest now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at Pinterest .

Does Pinterest pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Pinterest with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 33 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at Pinterest.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Pinterest?

45% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at Pinterest would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 42% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Pinterest with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 3.5 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pinterest?

Software Engineer (152) , Account Manager (58) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Partner Manager (28) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Data Scientist (18) , 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?

"People I worked with were great" ((in 159 reviews)); "Targets are achievable and the benefits are great." ((in 101 reviews)); "Good work life balance and generally interesting projects" ((in 80 reviews)); "the pay is good" ((in 46 reviews)); "Great people and teams" ((in 44 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 45 reviews)); "some management is poor at best" ((in 39 reviews)); "Inexperienced and insensitive middle management." ((in 9 reviews)); "new manager new rules, layoffs" ((in 9 reviews)); "Lack of diversity on a lot of teams." ((in 7 reviews))

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Pinterest Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Bill Ready

28% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Pinterest with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Pinterest is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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33 reviews

4.0

Feb 16, 2024

Great work enviroment and great team

Sr. software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone is willing to help and the teams are all great

Cons

It’s a burocratic process to get a promotion

5.0

Feb 12, 2024

Great company to work for, especially for early/mid career growth

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Due to relatively small teams (compared to larger companies like Google/Meta/etc), your ownership of projects will be quite large. Thus, you will learn a lot across many tech stacks, which is great for people in their early/mid career and want to learn and grow a lot. Really nice people. Great company culture, great engineering culture. Very open company culture, and everyone generally wants to help each other out. Knowledge sharing is routinely done here. Great work/life balance. Unlimited vacation is very nice. Remote work flexibility is AMAZING.

Cons

Due to teams being relatively smaller: sometimes you have to do things that are not so fun/exciting, but are required to push the project forward (say, debug a part of the tech stack you don't enjoy, or implement something you don't find exciting). Dev resources are generally limited, so it's important to prioritize your limited time and energy into working on the most important things.

5.0

Nov 20, 2023

Great opportunity

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

We had an amazing team and engineering design team

Cons

Sometimes the work was overloading

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