Safety Engineer

Pinterest; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 71,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest in Bowling Green, KY is seeking a mid-level Safety Engineer to influence the technology roadmap and mentor peers. This role focuses on security testing, observability, and code quality, with a culture that values practical problem solving and collaboration.

The position offers coaching, coverage, and work-life balance in KY, while integrating with our fast-paced engineering teams to deliver reliable systems. Salary ranges from $71,000 to $100,000, plus growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must-have mindset for elevating issues vs. absorbing them.
• Ability to communicate effectively under scrutiny.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of testing, security, and observability best practices.
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Tune Spring Boot queries to prevent KY database timeouts under load.
• Hunt down latency spikes that are not explained.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions.
• Mentor mid-level engineers through on-call experiences.

Skills

Mid-level judgment

Empathy

Fast-paced environment

Debugging under pressure

Written and verbal communication

Curiosity

Job description

Pinterest is the kind of place where a junior's question can change the technology roadmap, and we want a Safety Engineer who asks them. This Bowling Green opening trades 4 years and Java for $71,000 - $100,000, then layers on the ownership most listings only hint at.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Tune Spring Boot queries until the KY database stops timing out under load
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Pinterest can explain
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Mentor the mid-level cohort through their first real RabbitMQ on-call at Pinterest

What You'll Bring

• Mid-level-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

At Pinterest, our mission is to make technology simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Bowling Green, KY and beyond. At Pinterest you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

This mid-level role pays $71,000 - $100,000 and surrounds it with coaching, coverage, and hours that respect your weekends in KY.