Engineering Manager, Pinterest

Cache Infra

$208.5-364.8k

+ Equity

Kubernetes

Python

Java

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Francisco, CA or Palo Alto, CA

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Be an early applicant

$208.5-364.8k

+ Equity

Kubernetes

Python

Java

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Francisco, CA or Palo Alto, CA

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

1+ years of Experience leading or managing engineering teams, including setting direction, driving execution, and supporting team members’ growth
5+ years of relevant industry experience
Strong technical background in distributed systems and storage/caching systems
Hands on experience building and operating highly available, reliable, production grade systems at scale
Experience coding in one of the following languages: Java, Python and/or C/C++
Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI to accelerate development, enhance operations, and improve customer support
Exceptional collaboration skills with cross-functional partners, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, make tradeoffs, and keep stakeholders aligned on priorities and progress
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience

What the job involves

The Cache Infra team manages one of Pinterest's most vital backend systems, offering huge scope and impact by serving hundreds of business-critical use cases across the entire company
Pinterest’s cache infra operates at a massive scale, managing 100+ production clusters with 450M total QPS
This role provides a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in building and operating large-scale distributed systems
The team works on challenging, exciting, and impactful projects, including new cache stack, compute modernization initiatives, and innovations related to AI
Lead a high-performing team to build reliable, performant and efficient caching systems that operate at a huge scale and empower numerous business critical applications across the entire company
Lead a cross-functional strategic initiative to modernize the cache infra tech stack by adopting cutting-edge technologies
Maintain a high engineering standard for cache infrastructure, focusing on continuous improvement in reliability, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and developer velocity
Drive the strategic migration of memcached from the current legacy deployment system to Kubernetes
Drive the team vision and strategy for the next 3 years and beyond
Help create a diverse and inclusive team culture that makes all feel welcome while encouraging critical thinking and candid feedback

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 X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.

With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.

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Insights

9% employee growth in 12 months

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Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Bill Ready

(CEO)

Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.

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