Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Pinterest as a backend engineer and build the future of inspiration! Contribute to all stages of product development, from ideation to launch, working with design, product, and backend teams. Develop and operate large-scale, distributed systems, and collaborate with engineers to meet evolving needs. Employ automated testing and continuously improve the development process. This role offers the flexibility of telecommuting. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree and 2 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience, along with specific skills in various technologies.

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
• Java
• Kubernetes
• A/B testing
• Spring
• AWS
• React
• Javascript
• SQL
• Bash
• TypeScript
• Distributed 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
• Design, develop, and operate large scale, distributed systems and networks
• Work with Engineering customers to understand new requirements and address them in a scalable and efficient manner
• Actively work to improve the developer process and experience in all phases from coding to operation

Benefits

Telecommuting is permitted