Software Engineer II

Pinterest Job Advertisements • Seattle, WA

5d • $193,800 - $254,667 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related quantitative discipline and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in a related field.
• Software design and development
• Testing, Troubleshooting and debugging
• A/B Testing
• Python
• Java
• C++
• Databases and MySQL
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Source control
• Experience in designing, developing, testing and optimizing backend and client-side systems
• Experience in building and maintaining features, A/B testing
• Experience in conducting data analysis to guide product and engineering decisions
• Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Build out the backend for Pinner-facing features to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest.
• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end-to-end functionality.
• 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 developed.
• 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.
• Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users.

What This Job Offers

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