Software Engineer II, Full Stack
Job Description
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Full Stack Software Engineers. Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.
What you’ll do:
- Support millions of users and enable colleagues by ensuring excellence in core pieces that are shared throughout the application
- Identify site-wide challenges; propose, test, and ship solutions
- Drive changes that improve the entire site such as improving accessibility, network frameworks and browser support strategy
- Enable developers to work more effectively by improving architecture, testing capabilities and release cycles
- Solve hard-to-see user pain points that often affect every page such as performance, monitoring errors and solving user metric anomalies
- Grow as a developer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience building large-scale full-stack products.
- Deep understanding of web development and best practices in React/Redux
- Strong experience with programming languages Javascript and Python/Java
- Strong technical skills, and a willingness to learn new technologies
- Strong software engineering principles and practices
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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