Staff Software Engineer (Capacity Engineering)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026. Pinterest scores B on the Alion truth index.
Join Pinterest as a Staff Software Engineer in Capacity Engineering. You will be responsible for managing one of the largest-scale cloud-native infrastructures in the world, improving efficiency and performance of large-scale distributed systems. You will collaborate with Infrastructure Engineering and SRE teams, leverage AI to scale impact, and have direct visibility across Pinterest Engineering and leadership. Candidates should have a strong background in performance and efficiency projects on large-scale distributed systems, experience with Kubernetes, and proficiency in software development languages such as Java, Python, and C++.
Missions
- Améliorer l'efficacité des environnements partagés à grande échelle, tels que Kubernetes, et des systèmes distribués.
- Collaborer avec les équipes d'ingénierie des infrastructures et SRE pour fournir des bases hautement disponibles, résilientes, sécurisées et efficaces.
- Utiliser l'IA pour augmenter l'impact de l'équipe, y compris l'accélération des enquêtes sur les performances et la construction d'outils d'auto-service.
Profil recherché
- High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables- Strong technical and performance engineering skills to collaborate with stakeholders on complex and ambiguous technical challenges
- Excellent skills in communicating complex technical issues
- Experience leading efficiency initiatives at scale on Kubernetes or other large scale shared infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
- Deep understanding of infrastructure capacity and performance
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in software development languages such as Java, Python and C++
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud environments
- Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)
- Experience building and managing highly available distributed applications at scale
- Hands-on experience with large, cloud-native multi-tenant platforms at Internet scale