Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Pinterest and build the backend infrastructure powering the future of inspiration for millions of users. Contribute to all phases of product development, from ideation to deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Develop scalable solutions, prototype new features, and implement A/B testing. Employ automated testing and grow your engineering skills while working on high-impact projects. This role offers telecommuting flexibility and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• Master’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
• Java
• Python
• Spring
• Spark
• Kafka
• Thrift
• Git
• Maven
• REST API
• Caching and Data processing
• Hive
• SQL

Responsibilities

• Build out the backend 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
• Rapidly prototype, run A/B tests, architect and build solutions that can scale to support hundreds of millions of users
• Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to build end-to-end functionality
• 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