Senior Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee intricate technical projects involving various cross-functional stakeholders to proactively and automatically detect and manage risks on the Pinterest platform.

• Create and promote the adoption of comprehensive quality and reliability frameworks across teams.

• Develop and execute scalable, maintainable services that deliver automated, self-service, and dependable platforms for detecting and measuring risks at scale.

• Propel architectural enhancements and reduce technical debt by establishing software engineering strategies for measurement, system reliability, and reproducibility.

• Guide junior engineers and collaborators across teams on engineering best practices.

• Recognize process deficiencies and enhance team workflows.

• Independently manage and resolve intricate production issues pertaining to automated reporting, measurement methodologies, and proactive risk engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree (or its foreign equivalent) in Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, or a closely related quantitative field.

• Two (2) years of experience in the offered role or in a software engineering or data analytical/data science-related position.

• At least one year of experience with Python, encompassing scripting, API development, automation, data processing, testing, debugging, and performance optimization.

• At least one year of experience with SQL, involving complex joins, aggregations, window functions, data modeling, query optimization, and validation of business metrics.

• At least one year of experience with Spark, covering batch and streaming workloads, ETL transformations, performance tuning, partitioning strategies, and scalable processing of high-volume datasets.

• At least one year of experience with Jupyter Notebook for exploratory data analysis, prototyping models and algorithms, documenting technical findings, visualizing results, and ensuring reproducible analyses.

• At least one year of experience with Git-based version control, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, conflict resolution, release management, and collaborative development workflows.

• At least one year of experience in designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining production-quality software.

• At least one year of experience designing large-scale distributed systems.

• At least one year of experience in designing and implementing AI-driven agentic workflows.

• Qualified candidates for U.S. positions must meet applicable work authorization requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time telecommuting is an option.

• Flexibility to perform at your best.