Software Engineer (Infrastructure), Online Systems

Full Time
Seattle, WA, USA
2 months ago

About Pinterest:  

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more. 

We are looking for looking for Software Engineers passionate for building infrastructure. Online Systems is the backbone of Pinterest products and is serving large-scale user facing traffic. Within online systems are 5 sub teams Core Services, Storage & Caching, KV Systems, Realtime Analytics, and Mysql team. Their mission is to provide reliable, performant, efficient and maintainable online systems to enable fast product development at global scale.

What you’ll do:

  • Build, own, and improve innovative infrastructure/ platform services
  • Building and operating highly available, reliable, production grade systems at scale.
  • Work on making our storage solution self-serve & scalable in an efficient manner
  • Continually improve operability, scalability, efficiency, performance, and reliability of our storage solutions

What we're looking for:

  • Deep expertise on distributed storage systems
  • Ability to work cross functionally with multiple engineers from both client and infra teams
  • Fluent in C/C++ or Java
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found at https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinterest-life/.

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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. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only$106,113—$219,063 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify accessibility@pinterest.com for support.