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Pinterest · 2 weeks ago

Staff Software Engineer, Stream Processing Platform

positionSeattle, WA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$177K/yr - $365K/yr
date8+ years exp

Pinterest is a platform that inspires millions by helping them find creative ideas and plan memorable experiences. They are seeking a software engineer to lead the development of their next generation stream processing platform, focusing on big data technologies and ensuring efficient processing of large volumes of data.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

FlinkKafkaBig data technologiesJavaKubernetesAWSScalaPythonOpen-source contributionCross-team leadership

Required

8+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of technical excellence
5+ years of experience of building and support large scalable big data infrastructure/platform
4+ years of experiences in contributing to open-source Flink or streaming technologies
Deep knowledge of big data technologies (e.g. Flink, Spark, Hadoop, Parquet/ORC, Flink)
Experience in leading cross-team engineering efforts
Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Scala, Python)
Experiences in Kubernetes and AWS technologies
BS+ degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science OR equivalent experience

Benefits

Equity

Company

Pinterest

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Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
dateFounded in 2010
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.pinterest.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.49B
Key Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Brandtech VenturesSV Angel
2022-07-14Post Ipo Equity
2020-01-01Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO

Leadership Team

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Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
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Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
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