Software Engineer II

The Presence team is at the forefront of building infrastructural and user-facing product solutions for Pinterest boards and profiles. Joining the team, you will work closely with a skilled, cross-functional group of innovative and passionate individuals, collaborating on projects related to Pin-boards visibility, discovery and evaluation.  You will be one of the Backend Engineers on the Presence team. You will have to solve issues of different levels of complexity, often acting under conditions of uncertainty.

What you’ll do:

• Impact & Mission. Join a small team (12 engineers) that works to implement a wide range of techniques to deliver value for Pinners and Creators.
• Fast iterations. Prototype through fast iteration to explore various opportunities for all of Pinterest’s global Pinners and Creators.
• Collaboration. Integrate with many other internal engineering teams across Pinterest to support the end-to-end user journeys. Work in dynamic and diverse environments alongside engineering (closely with iOS/Android teams), products and designers. Evangelization across engineering to implement and adopt best practices to simplify our codebase and promote growth.
• Ownership. Take ownership of product quality and release processes to deliver high quality user experiences.
• Feature Development. Work across all parts of the stack and be flexible working with different technologies. 
• Pinterest Boards and Profiles. To bring the maximum contribution by developing features that improve and enrich the value of boards and user profiles.

What we’re looking for:

• 3.5+ years of engineering experience (preferably in consumer products).
• Proficiency in common backend tech stacks for RESTful API, storage, caching and data processing.
• Strong command of SQL-like query languages to be used for processing data and automated workflows.
• Expertise with Python programming.
• Experience in Java, object oriented programming.
• Expertise in asynchronous data processing tools and practices.
• Experience with scoping, planning, leading team level projects end-to-end.
• Self-driven and openness to learn quickly, explore, flexibility without being afraid to dig deep.
• Strong communication skills and great product intuition.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/month and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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