Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

Sr. Software Engineer, Backend – Pinterest Join to apply for the Sr. Software Engineer, Backend role at Pinterest Job Overview We are looking for inquisitive, well‑rounded Senior Full‑Stack and Backend engineers to join our Monetization and Core engineering teams. 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, empower developers and Pinners alike, and find creative solutions to thought‑provoking problems. You’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives from inception through technical design, implementation, and release. 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. What You’ll Do Build out the backend for Pinner‑facing features to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end‑to‑end functionality Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop Grow as an engineer by working with world‑class peers on varied and high impact projects Design, develop, and operate large scale, distributed systems and networks Work with Engineering customers to understand new requirements and address them in a scalable and efficient manner Actively work to improve the developer process and experience in all phases from coding to operation What We’re Looking For 5+ years of industry backend development experience, building consumer or business facing products Proficiency in common backend tech stacks for RESTful API, online service, storage, caching and data processing Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers Ability to keep up‑to‑date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated Strong collaboration and communication skills Experience leading or owning projects, mentoring others, or driving technical thought leadership Experience building & operating large scale distributed systems and/or networks. Bonus points if you enjoy deploying and operating large scale workloads on a public cloud footprint Experience in Python, Java, C++, Go or another language and a willingness to learn Bonus points if you have experience with any of the following (needs vary from team to team): Developer Enablement/Productivity or Internal Tooling, CI/CD, Generative AI/LLMs, Spark/Flink/Big Data technologies, Data Science/Analytics, Building Products or Internal Tools from Scratch Relocation Statement This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. Our Commitment To Inclusion 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, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support. Job Details Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industries: Technology, Information and Internet, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr