Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Pinterest and build the backend infrastructure to power the future of inspiration on the platform. Contribute to and lead all stages of product development, from ideation and prototyping to implementation and release. Collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to build end-to-end functionality, suggest new features, and employ automated testing for high-quality development. Work on varied, high-impact projects with world-class peers and grow as an engineer. Telecommuting is permitted. The position offers a salary range of $185,000 to $244,872 per annum and includes equity. US based applicants only. This position is not available for relocation assistance.

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, OR Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or closely related quantitative discipline and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field
• Python
• RESTful API
• Data processing
• Golang
• PostgreSQL
• A/B testing
• MySQL
• Kafka
• Django
• Backend storage and caching
• Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable
• Telecommuting is permitted

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; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building 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
• Telecommuting is permitted

Benefits

• $185,000.00 - $244,872.00 per annum
• Equity