About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
We’re looking for inquisitive, collaborative interns to join our IT Data Platform team. Working closely with mentors as well as data and backend engineers, you’ll learn how large‑scale systems operate and play a meaningful role in building new technologies, features, and tools. Expect real projects, supportive teammates, and plenty of opportunities to explore ideas that make a difference for our teams and Pinners.
What you’ll do:
- Demonstrate accountability and quality in your work while receiving support and guidance from your mentor, manager, and peers
- Execute scoped technical tasks end-to-end to help build the future of Pinterest
- Pull Snowflake metadata and have the LLM generate to generate comprehensive table and column descriptions
- Deliver code that is well-documented, tested, and operable
- Communicate new ideas and opinions with candor as you grow both professionally and personally through learning and development opportunities
- Collaborate with your team and contribute to real projects that impact Pinterest
- Opportunities to interact with leaders and employees across Pinterest and to participate in a variety of optional company events
What we’re looking for:
- This position requires current enrollment in a school or education program in which the individual is working towards a Bachelor’s in Computer Science (CS) or a related technical field
- Obtain Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related technical field by June 2027
- 2-3 years of completed CS classes (Intro to CS and Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, Operating Systems and Data Structures are all great!)
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with Python, CSS, C++, Java, Snowflake as we use a variety of programming languages and tools
- Non-academic coding experience (i.e. hack-a-thons, code challenges, personal projects, GitHub, Open Source, volunteer coding experience, conference participation, etc.)
- Demonstrated curiosity and a desire to tackle and solve complex problems
We offer 2 internship start dates:
- May 18, 2026 - August 7, 2026
- June 15, 2026 - September 4, 2026
Relocation Statement:
This position is remote and not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. The minimum and maximum salary for this position is $8,250 - $11,000 monthly.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
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