Kubernetes Platform Engineering Manager

Pinterest; United States; Remote; USD 177,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Manager II, Engineering to lead our Kubernetes Platform team. You will guide engineers building platform infrastructure that supports reliable, secure, and scalable services for thousands of users.

The role requires a foundational CS degree and multiple years managing infra or SRE teams, with experience in public cloud and Kubernetes. This US-based role offers a base salary range and equity, with flexible onsite requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing engineering teams in infrastructure, platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, cloud systems, distributed systems, or similar technical areas.
• Experience managing and developing teams that build or operate large-scale cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, shared compute platforms, or other production systems.
• Experience setting a multi-quarter technical strategy and delivering through senior engineers.
• Technical experience in public cloud, highly available distributed systems, Kubernetes or shared-compute platforms, and production operations.
• A strong reliability mindset and experience leading teams responsible for the operational quality of production systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional infrastructure programs and communicating reliability, security, cost, capacity, and delivery tradeoffs to partner teams.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work.
• Strong record of evaluating AI-assisted work through testing, source checking, data validation, or peer review.
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for Kubernetes platform infrastructure and the systems that support it.
• Establish the team’s 12-month strategy, roadmap, and success measures.
• Improve the reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency of the platform.
• Drive architecture and technical decisions, including in areas that are new to you. Build context quickly, involve the right experts, and make decisions when the team needs direction.
• Build automation, standard configurations, and self-service paths that reduce manual work for both the team and its customers.
• Set a high bar for how the team operates production systems, including service health, observability, on-call, incident response, and safe changes.
• Partner with engineering, product, finance, security, and cloud-provider teams on shared technical and operational challenges.
• Recruit, coach, and develop engineers; empower senior technical leaders; and sustain an inclusive, accountable team.
• Use AI to accelerate analysis, investigations, documentation, and repeatable workflows while applying judgment and verification to ensure quality.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Manager II, Engineering to lead our Kubernetes Platform team. You will guide engineers building platform infrastructure that supports reliable, secure, and scalable services for thousands of users.

The role requires a foundational CS degree and multiple years managing infra or SRE teams, with experience in public cloud and Kubernetes. This US-based role offers a base salary range and equity, with flexible onsite requirements.