Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

About Pinterest :

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.

We are looking for inquisitive well-rounded Sr. Full Stack Software Engineers. Working closely with product managers designers and backend engineers you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives seeing them from inception through to technical design implementation and release.

What you’ll do:

• Support millions of users and enable colleagues by ensuring excellence in core pieces that are shared throughout the application

• Identify site-wide challenges; propose test and ship solutions

• Drive changes that improve the entire site such as improving accessibility network frameworks and browser support strategy

• Enable developers to work more effectively by improving architecture testing capabilities and release cycles

• Solve hard-to-see user pain points that often affect every page such as performance monitoring errors and solving user metric anomalies

• Grow as a developer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale full-stack products

• Deep understanding of web development and best practices in React/Redux

• Strong experience with programming languages Javascript and Python/Java

• Strong technical skills and a willingness to learn new technologies

• Strong software engineering principles and practices

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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