Senior Staff Fullstack Engineer, Pinterest
Trust Engineering, Tools Tech Lead
$194-399k
The position is also eligible for equity
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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Open for applications
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$194-399k
The position is also eligible for equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience having led 0-1 development of products and solutions
- Demonstrated experience as a technical lead with deep understanding and expertise in system/software architecture, particularly with respect to identity and privacy
- Professional proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Java, Python, or C++
- Proven success in technical leadership and mentorship of multiple teams
- Experience in translating abstract product needs into a technical vision
- Ability to design and work with multiple layers: the API, data storage & architecture, data retrieval
- Deep understanding of business process and workflow improvements
- Understanding of big data architecture for low latency high volume transactions
- Experience with frontend development, security, machine learning is a plus
What the job involves
- As the Trust Tools Tech Lead, you will play a pivotal role in directing Pinterest's technical vision for Trust and Safety tooling and collaborating with sub-team leaders to improve and build scalable and stable engineering systems
- You will have a broad scope of responsibilities, including leading areas related to content moderation, strike systems, compliance and legal tooling etc
- You'll consistently work closely with stakeholders across Pinterest, not only to shape the technical strategy, but also to identify problems and propose innovative solutions in the Trust tooling space, subsequently ensuring their successful implementation
- Set up the long-term technical vision and strategy for Trust tooling and proactively identify areas for technical innovation and improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders from product management, legal and ops teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Partner closely with other engineering teams and cross functional partners to create robust, scalable, and high-quality solutions
- Define and influence architectural and strategic direction for the Trust and Safety tooling
- Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of sophisticated systems
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the engineering teams, promoting knowledge sharing, mentoring, and professional development
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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Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Ben Silbermann
(CEO)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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