Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Pinterest as a Backend Engineer and build the backend for Pinner-facing features, shaping the future of inspiration on the platform. Contribute to all stages of product development, from ideation to release, including prototyping, A/B testing, and building scalable solutions. Collaborate with design, product, and backend teams to create end-to-end functionality. Propose new product ideas and features, and utilize automated testing to ensure high-quality development. Grow professionally by working with experienced peers on impactful projects. This role allows for telecommuting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field
• SQL-based relational database systems
• Java or C++
• Distributed systems
• Operating systems
• Scripting language
• Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) Databases
• Storage, caching and data processing
• Version control systems

Responsibilities

• Build out the backend for Pinner-facing features to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest
• 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
• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end-to-end functionality
• Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features
• Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop
• Grow as an engineer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects

Benefits

• Telecommuting is permitted
• Equity