Staff Collaboration Systems Engineer, Pinterest
Google Workspace
$158.8-326.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Be an early applicant
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$158.8-326.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in IT systems or collaboration/platform engineering, including significant hands-on ownership of Google Workspace in a medium-to-large environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Deep Google Workspace experience running large or complex environments (ideally multi-domain or multi-org), across Gmail, Calendar, Drive/Shared Drives, Groups, Chat/Spaces, and Meet
- Strong systems design and troubleshooting skills, including debugging issues that span clients, network, identity, and backend services
- Solid scripting and automation skills (e.g., Google Apps Script, GAM, Python), and experience using Google Workspace APIs/SDKs to automate lifecycle, configuration, and reporting
- Experience implementing and operating security, privacy, and compliance controls such as DLP, retention/legal hold, e-discovery, external sharing policies, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, and access reviews
- Experience integrating Google Workspace with identity (SSO/SCIM), MDM/endpoint tools, logging/observability, and ticketing/ITSM systems
- Proven use of AI tools to speed up engineering or operations work (e.g., generating code, runbooks, or summaries), with a clear approach to validating outputs, reducing bias, and protecting reliability and security
- Track record of operating at a staff-level scope: leading large, complex initiatives, shaping cross-team roadmaps, and owning impactful outcomes
- Ability to lead and mentor other engineers, give clear technical direction, and partner effectively with managers, product owners, and stakeholders
- Comfort working across diverse teams and locations, consistently modeling Pinterest’s values: putting Pinners and Pinployees first, aiming for high quality, acting as one team, and approaching challenges with a “win or learn” mindset
What the job involves
- The IT Collaboration and Productivity Engineering team builds and runs the collaboration and productivity platforms that power how Pinployees communicate, share information, and get work done
- We own core SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace, O365, Gemini, Jira, Confluence, Slack, and other collaboration, productivity, and AI tools, and partner closely with Security, People, Legal, and Engineering to design secure, reliable, and intuitive experiences
- As a Staff Collaboration Systems Engineer primarily focused on Google Workspace, you will be the technical lead for our Workspace environment and a key owner for other collaboration platforms (including O365, Highspot, Gemini, and AI-powered collaboration tools) — shaping their long‑term architecture, driving major cross‑functional initiatives, and mentoring others in building robust, automation‑driven solutions
- Own the Google Workspace platform end‑to‑end – act as the primary technical authority for Gmail, Calendar, Drive/Shared Drives, Docs/Sheets/Slides, Groups, Chat/Spaces, Meet, and related services, including tenant configuration, routing, directory/OU design, and policy governance
- Design and evolve the collaboration architecture – define standards, guardrails, and best practices for domains, org structure, resource hierarchy, external sharing, retention, and data protection to support a global, hybrid workforce
- Lead incident response and complex troubleshooting for high‑impact Workspace issues, driving root‑cause analysis, long‑term fixes, and learning‑oriented postmortems in partnership with IT Operations, Security, and vendors
- Build automation and integrations using scripting (e.g., Apps Script, Python, or similar) and Google Workspace APIs/SDKs to streamline user and group lifecycle, license management, configuration as code, and health/usage monitoring
- Integrate Google Workspace with identity, security, and IT workflows (e.g., SSO/IdP, MDM, DLP, e‑discovery/archival, logging, ITSM) in close collaboration with Security and other infrastructure teams
- Use AI as a force multiplier for your work — for example, using AI assistants to draft scripts, configuration templates, documentation, or runbooks — while validating outputs through tests, dry‑runs, and peer review, and maintaining full ownership of the final results
- Lead cross‑functional projects such as Workspace migrations, domain consolidations, tool rationalization, and new collaboration patterns (e.g., shared drives strategy, calendar/resource strategy, Chat/Spaces usage) from design through rollout
- Mentor and uplevel other engineers by reviewing designs and implementations, sharing best practices, and providing clear guidance aligned to Role Expectations Guides (REGs), leveling criteria, and Pinterest competencies
- Represent the team with stakeholders across the company, translating business needs into durable technical solutions, communicating trade‑offs, and ensuring decisions reflect “Act as one” and “Create belonging” for our global workforce
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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
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.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 80 more jobs at Pinterest