[Remote] Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Big Data Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest is a platform that helps people discover creative ideas and plan for meaningful experiences. The company is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the strategy, technical direction, development, and scaling of data infrastructure supporting mission-critical big data and AI applications. The role also provides company-wide technical thought leadership and contributes to the long-term roadmap for data processing and storage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and technical direction of Pinterest's data infrastructure for big data and AI applications
• Build and scale data infra frameworks and infrastructure to process petabytes-scale datasets, including compute engines, job management, resource management, scheduling and remote shuffling
• Work with internal customers on critical business use cases that rely on big data
• Provide thought leadership to the entire company on how data should be processed and stored more reliably, quickly and efficiently at scale
• Contribute to the team's technical vision and long-term roadmap

Skills

• 10+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of technical excellence
• 5+ years of experience of building and support large scalable Kubernetes or big data platform
• Deep knowledge of big data / ML technologies (e.g. Flink, Spark, Presto, Kubernetes, Ray, PyTorch/TensorFlow)
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Go, Scala, Python)
• Experiences in Kubernetes and AWS technologies
• Exceptional collaboration skills with cross-functional partners, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, make tradeoffs, and keep stakeholders aligned on priorities and progress
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 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
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model

Benefits

• This role can be situated anywhere in the country.
• This role requires in-office collaboration only 1-2 times per quarter.

Company Overview

Dice offers a marketplace that enables direct connections between recruiters and technologists. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.uk.dice.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Dice has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.