Engineering Manager II, Big Data Storage

Pinterest • Palo Alto, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead the next generation of Pinterest’s big data storage platform. You’ll grow and guide a team working with cutting-edge open source technologies—especially Apache Iceberg—operating at exabyte scale to power the data that helps Pinners discover and do what they love.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of management experience, or 3+ years tech lead experience in a 5+ person team
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in leading the design of large scale & production distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge with building distributed systems.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator and communicator.
• Strong people development skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and long-term roadmap of Pinterest’s exabyte data lake storage
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partner teams across the organization to architect data lake storage and metadata management technologies to unlock big data and ML/AI innovations
• Drive engagement and collaboration with open source communities, such as Iceberg, Spark, and Flink, to effectively address our scaling challenges
• Act as a stalwart of technical quality and excellence on the team, ensuring the solutions we deliver have a high level of polish and reliability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager