Software Engineer, Pinterest

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Kubernetes
Python
Java
Hadoop
Spark
PyTorch
Flink
Parquet
Mid and Senior level
Dublin

More information about location

1 day a week in office

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

Open for applications

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Kubernetes
Python
Java
Hadoop
Spark
PyTorch
Flink
Parquet
Mid and Senior level
Dublin

More information about location

1 day a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+years of industry experience with a proven track record of technical excellence
  • 2+ years of experience of building and support large scalable big data infrastructure/platform
  • Strong experience with Python or Java
  • Knowledge of or interest in big data technologies (e.g. Spark, Hadoop, Parquet/ORC, Flink)
  • Experience in leading cross-team engineering efforts

What the job involves

  • The Batch Processing Platform team is looking for a Software Engineer to help us build the next generation of big data platform and infrastructure at Pinterest
  • You’ll be working on some of the most exciting big data open source technologies (Spark, Kubernetes, etc.), at the scale of hundreds of petabytes of data to help Pinners discover and do what they love
  • Design and implement Fine Grained Access Control system for Pinterest’s big data platform (Spark, Flink, PyTorch, Ray and other ML/AI frameworks)
  • Improve and customize the internals of open source Spark to meet our challenges at scale and actively participate in open source community
  • Build and scale big data processing frameworks and infrastructure to process petabytes-scale datasets
  • Work with internal customers on critical business use cases that rely on batch processing
  • Provide thought leadership to the entire company on how data should be processed and stored more reliably, quickly and efficiently at scale

Our take

Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.

Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.

Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.

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Kirsty

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9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest


People progressing

Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.

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