Staff Data Engineer, tvScientific

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About tvScientific

tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business.

We are seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and evolution of our identity services and data governance platform. This role is critical to ensuring trusted, privacy-safe, and well-governed data across the organization. You will work at the intersection of data engineering, identity resolution, privacy, and platform reliability. This is an individual contributor role, where you will work to define and implement a strategic vision for data engineering within the organization.

What you'll do:

• Identity Services:

• Design and maintain a scalable identity resolution platform

• Build pipelines and services to ingest, normalize, link, and version identity data across multiple sources

• Ensure deterministic and probabilistic matching logic that is transparent, auditable, and measurable

• Partner with product and analytics teams to expose identity data through reliable, well-documented APIs and datasets

• Build and operate batch and streaming pipelines using modern data stack tools

• Create clear documentation, standards, and runbooks for identity and governance systems

• Data Governance & Trust

• Own data governance foundations including data lineage, quality checks, schema enforcement, and access controls

• Implement privacy-by-design principles (PII handling, consent enforcement, retention policies)

• Collaborate with legal, privacy, and security teams to operationalize regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)

• Establish monitoring and alerting for data quality, freshness, and integrity

What we're looking for:

• Data engineering experience with proven track record building data infrastructure using Spark with Scala

• Proven experience building data infrastructure using Spark with Scala for at least 5 years

• Experience in delivering significant technical initiatives and building reliable, large scale services

• Experience in delivering APIs backed by relationship-heavy datasets

• Experience implementing data governance practices, including data quality, metadata management, and access controls

• Strong understanding of privacy-by-design principles and handling of sensitive or regulated data

• Familiarity with data lakes, cloud warehouses, and storage formats

• Strong proficiency in AWS services

• Successful design and implementation of scalable and efficient data infrastructure

• High attention to detail in implementation of automated data quality checks

• Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• 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.

Relocation Statement:

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

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only
$155,584—$320,320 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

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.