Staff Software Engineer, Stream Processing Platform

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.

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We're seeking a software engineer to help Pinterest build and lead the next generation of stream processing platform and infrastructure. You'll be working on some of the most exciting big data open source technologies (Flink, Kafka, RocksDB, and more), at the scale of tens of millions of messages per second with terabytes of data to help Pinners discover and do what they love.

What you'll do :

• Lead the strategy and technical direction of Pinterest's Streaming platform
• Improve and customize the internals of open source Flink to meet our challenges at scale and actively participate in open source community
• Build and scale stream processing frameworks and infrastructure to process millions of messages per second with terabytes of state
• Work with internal customers on critical business use cases that rely on low latency stream processing
• Provide thought leadership to the entire company on how real-time data should be processed and stored more reliably, quickly and efficiently at scale
• Contribute to the team's technical vision and long-term roadmap

What we're looking for :

In-Office Requirement Statement :

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here .

US based applicants only

$170,371 — $350,763 USD

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.