Sr Staff Fullstack Engineer - Trust Engineering, Tools Tech Lead
Job Summary
The role involves leading the technical vision and strategy for Trust and Safety tooling at Pinterest, including content moderation and compliance systems. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and high-quality solutions, translating business needs into technical architecture. Requirements include extensive software engineering experience, proficiency in programming, and expertise in system design and architecture. The position offers opportunities to work on innovative safety tools, foster team growth, and influence technical direction within a dynamic environment.
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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.
As the Trust Tools Tech Lead, you will play a pivotal role in directing Pinterest's technical vision for Trust and Safety tooling and collaborating with sub-team leaders to improve and build scalable and stable engineering systems. You will have a broad scope of responsibilities, including leading areas related to content moderation, strike systems, compliance and legal tooling etc. You'll consistently work closely with stakeholders across Pinterest, not only to shape the technical strategy, but also to identify problems and propose innovative solutions in the Trust tooling space, subsequently ensuring their successful implementation.
What you’ll do:
- Set up the long-term technical vision and strategy for Trust tooling and proactively identify areas for technical innovation and improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders from product management, legal and ops teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Partner closely with other engineering teams and cross functional partners to create robust, scalable, and high-quality solutions
- Define and influence architectural and strategic direction for the Trust and Safety tooling.
- Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of sophisticated systems
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the engineering teams, promoting knowledge sharing, mentoring, and professional development
What we're looking for:
- Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience having led 0-1 development of products and solutions.
- Demonstrated experience as a technical lead with deep understanding and expertise in system/software architecture.
- Professional proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Java, Python, or C++.
- Proven success in technical leadership and mentorship of multiple teams.
- Experience in translating abstract product needs into a technical vision
- Ability to design and work with multiple layers: the API, data storage & architecture, data retrieval
- Deep understanding of business process and workflow improvements
- Understanding of big data architecture for low latency high volume transactions
- Experience with frontend development, security, machine learning is a plus.
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, 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 per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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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.
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