Principal Big Data Platform Engineer — Remote & Equity

Pinterest; United States; Hybrid; USD 243,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the next generation of data infrastructure powering big data and AI applications. You will guide strategy, build scalable data infra, and partner with internal customers on mission-critical use cases.

This role emphasizes leadership, reliability, and scale across our data platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with Kubernetes, big data tools, and ML technologies, and is comfortable working across teams in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 12+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of technical excellence.
• 8+ years building and supporting large-scale Kubernetes or big data platforms.
• Deep knowledge of big data / ML technologies (Flink, Spark, Presto, Kubernetes, Ray, PyTorch/TensorFlow).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Go, Scala, Python).
• Experiences in Kubernetes and AWS technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

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

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Flink

Spark

Presto

Ray

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the next generation of data infrastructure powering big data and AI applications. You will guide strategy, build scalable data infra, and partner with internal customers on mission-critical use cases.

This role emphasizes leadership, reliability, and scale across our data platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with Kubernetes, big data tools, and ML technologies, and is comfortable working across teams in a fast-paced