Staff Software Engineer, Pinterest

Developer Enablement Platform

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Senior and Expert level
Toronto

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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
Senior and Expert level
Toronto

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

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

Role

Who you are

  • Strong technical expertise in designing and building large-scale, distributed systems and developer tools using modern technologies and architectural patterns
  • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, workflow automation, and infrastructure-as-code
  • Familiarity with data analytics, metrics, and dashboarding to derive actionable insights and drive data-informed decision making
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize high-impact initiatives, and deliver measurable results in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels

What the job involves

  • The Developer Enablement Platform team is responsible for empowering Pinterest developers by delivering a unified, intuitive platform experience that streamlines workflows and fosters innovation
  • As a staff software engineer on the team, you will play a key role in designing and building the core infrastructure and tools that make up this platform, including a centralized developer portal, software catalog, engineering intelligence capabilities, and self-service automation
  • You'll work closely with platform developers, SRE teams, and leadership to understand pain points, identify opportunities for optimization, and drive the technical roadmap to measurably improve engineering productivity and platform adoption across Pinterest
  • Design and build core components of Pinterest's Developer Enablement Platform, including the developer portal, software catalog, engineering intelligence tools, and self-service automation workflows
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify pain points, gather requirements, and drive the platform roadmap to measurably improve engineering productivity and efficiency
  • Implement data-driven optimizations and proactive insights to streamline development workflows, reduce bottlenecks, and minimize friction for Pinterest engineers
  • Champion software reuse, maintainability, and best practices through the promotion and adoption of the software catalog and other platform capabilities
  • Contribute to the overall platform strategy, technology choices, and architectural decisions that impact Pinterest's entire engineering organization

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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9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Founders

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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