Sr Staff Software Engineer, Storage & Caching
Job Summary
The role involves guiding and shaping the technological strategies for Pinterest's online backend infrastructure, focusing on reliable, high-performance, and scalable distributed systems. Candidates should have proven experience in designing and managing large-scale systems supporting high-throughput, low-latency applications, with proficiency in at least one system programming language. Effective leadership and communication skills are essential to inspire team improvements in reliability, operability, and performance. The position includes collaboration in a hybrid work environment with in-office requirements once a week and offers benefits such as equity, aiming to foster an inclusive and innovative workplace.
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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.
The Storage and Caching team owns and operates some of Pinterest’s most critical infrastructure, supporting over 10PB of data and 400M+ peak QPS across core platforms like MySQL, TiDB, memcached, HBase, and in-house storage services. The team has a far-reaching impact across the entire company, enabling 1,000+ use cases for 100+ engineering teams—including Homefeed, Ads, Search, and Shopping—directly powering key Pinner and advertiser experiences and business growth.
As the Uber TL of the team, you will have extensive opportunities to influence company-wide direction, engage with open-source communities, mentor engineering talent, and grow as a recognized expert in large-scale distributed systems. The team plays an essential role in supporting Pinterest’s continued business growth, making this position an exceptional opportunity for both impact and career growth..
What you’ll do
- Serve as the uber technical lead for the Storage and Caching Platform organization, defining the vision and technical strategy for the next 3-5 years.
- Drive reliability improvements, lead architectural design efforts, uphold quality standards, and identify opportunities for infrastructure cost savings.
- Collaborate to define and evolve the long-term strategy for SQL databases and caching technologies at Pinterest.
- Champion engineering excellence and enhance the reputation of Pinterest's engineering brand.
- Inspire and encourage the team to consistently improve the reliability, operability, scalability, efficiency, and performance of Pinterest's serving stack.
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience in designing, building, and managing large-scale distributed systems that support high-throughput, low-latency applications.
- Strong proficiency in at least one system programming language, such as C++, Java, Go, or Rust.
- Comprehensive understanding of computer systems, including operating systems, threading, networking, and modern hardware architecture, from a software engineering perspective.
- Effective cross-functional leadership abilities and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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 time a week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seattle
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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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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