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Work for Pinterest!

Join a World-Class Product Team.

Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social services in the world. Our mission is to connect people through their common interests.

Every day, people use Pinterest to discover new recipes to cook, products to buy, and places to visit. Pinterest is loved by millions of regular people: school teachers, gardeners, techies...even our Parents!

Work & Benefits

Our team ships code quickly and iteratively. We care about details. We think design and community management are as important as great technology.

Our goal is to empower every person at Pinterest to do their best work. This means working collaboratively, and giving every person ownership over an important part of our service.

We value learning, and invite successful entrepreneurs from other companies to grab lunch with the team regularly. Other benefits include:

  • Medical

    Comprehensive medical benefits.
    We want you to be healthy!

  • Equipment

    Whatever you need to be productive is what you should be using. Usually, that means lots of trips to the Apple Store.

  • Salary & Equity

    Every employee is paid a competitive salary and given meaningful equity in the company.

  • Location

    We are 4 blocks from the King Street Caltrain in San Francisco/SOMA, steps away from good food and coffee.

Software Engineer

As an engineer, you will have a huge impact on how we design, build and deliver our service to millions of people. You should be a generalist and enjoy working across the software stack. Our current technologies include Python (Django), MySQL, Redis, Solr, and Hadoop.

We look for engineers who love finding efficient and thoughtful solutions to a variety of technical and product challenges. You should strive to write efficient, maintainable code and you should enjoy pushing code everyday. Sample projects include:

Search

Design algorithms to return socially and thematically relevant content.

API

Build and maintain an API for third party developers.

Recommendations

Use MapReduce to recommend content to new users.

Measurement

Implement real-time measurement frameworks to help us evaluate new features.

Speed & Scale

Improving site speed by implementing comprehensive caching and optimizing queries.

When applying, make sure to send links to things you've built.

Site Reliability Engineer

The Site Reliability Engineer will help design, build and monitor our applications and systems infrastructure that currently now handles billions of monthly page views.

You should have a software engineering background and a strong understanding of systems internals, and love building and running massive-scale web production systems and application environments. You get excited about reacting to a problem to find a solution and thrive on being tactically focused to ensure Pinterest’s site reliability. A few other things we look for:

Fundamentals

Experience with Linux/Unix/BSD and running infrastructure with Amazon Web Services. Automation experience with tools such as Chef or Puppet and strong scripting skills in Bash, Python or Ruby. Database management in MySQL. Architecting MySQL or NoSQL databases a plus.

Education

BA/BS degree in Math or Computer Science a plus.

Ambition

A desire to improve yourself as an engineer.

Culture

Broad personal interests beyond software.

Personality

Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with talented people.

Product Designer

You will be responsible for defining how people interact with Pinterest. We\'re looking for designers passionate about social product design - not just how Pinterest looks (although that counts too), but how people use Pinterest to connect with each other. Our product designers sit with engineers at the beginning of every new project. We care about how every little bit of an interaction feels, and you need to as well.

Communication

You should be able to clearly articulate your design decisions.

Execution

Portfolio of design projects demonstrating outstanding product design skill.

Self-Sufficiency

The ability to implement what you design (javascript, css, html).

Social

Passion for social web applications and social design.

Mobile

Experience with mobile design is a plus.

Learning

Desire to better yourself as a product designer.

When applying, make sure to send a link to your portfolio.

Data Infrastructure Engineer

You will help design and build our data storage and processing infrastructure. You will be joining a small team that owns the soup to nuts on how we store and move data at Pinterest. You will be responsible for managing our EMR cluster and it\'s dependencies. Additionally, you will help build and manage data logging and pipeline tools.

Programming Experience

Proficiency in the programming language of your choice. Python and Java preferred. Also extensive experience with Hadoop, HDFS and MapReduce, with preferred knowledge of running Hive on EMR. Experience with distributed logging systems like Kafka.

Curiosity

Exploring cutting edge open-source technologies and how they can be leveraged for our infrastructure.

Communication

The ability to clearly articulate your hypotheses and findings.

Education

Minimum BA/BS degree in Math or Computer Science.

Love of Data

Strong interest in search engines, machine learning, recommendation systems, or social networks.

iOS Engineer

You will be responsible for bringing Pinterest to the iPhone and iPad. We think of iOS as a core platform at Pinterest. You will work closely with a team of experienced engineers and product designers to bring your vision for Pinterest on iOS to reality. This role requires experience with iOS and a strong understanding (and appreciation) of touch and gestural interfaces. Ideal candidates will have applications they have built as personal or professional projects.

When applying, make sure to include links to apps you have built.

Front-End Engineer

Pinterest is one of the most visually engaging social applications on the web. The front-end engineer will help us push the boundaries of what is possible. You'll work side by side with outstanding designers. You should be proficient in HTML, CSS and Javascript. You should appreciate the details that make a front-end user experience memorable, and demonstrate enthusiasm for new front-end technologies. A few other things we look for:

Execution

A portfolio of products you have shipped.

Attention to Detail

An appreciation for high-quality execution.

Ambition

A desire to improve yourself as an engineer.

Culture

Broad personal interests beyond software.

Personality

Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with talented people.

Marksmanship

Excellence in NERF dart-throwing a plus.

When applying, make sure to send a link to your portfolio.

Software Engineer (Intern)

As an engineering intern, you will have a huge impact on how we design, build and deliver our service to millions of people. You should be a generalist and enjoy working across the software stack. Our current technologies include Python (Django), MySQL, Redis, Solr, and Hadoop. We look for engineers who love finding efficient and thoughtful solutions to a variety of technical and product challenges. You should strive to write efficient, maintainable code and you should enjoy pushing code everyday. Sample projects include:

Search

Design algorithms to return socially and thematically relevant content.

API

Build and maintain an API for third party developers.

Recommendations

Use MapReduce to recommend content to new users.

Measurement

Implement real-time measurement frameworks to help us evaluate new features.

Speed & Scale.

Improve site speed by implementing comprehensive caching and optimizing queries.

When applying, make sure to send links to things you’ve built.

Software Engineer (New Grad)

As a Software Engineer, you will have a huge impact on how we design, build and deliver our service to millions of people. You should be a generalist and enjoy working across the software stack. Our current technologies include Python (Django), MySQL, Redis, Solr, and Hadoop. We look for engineers who love finding efficient and thoughtful solutions to a variety of technical and product challenges. You should strive to write efficient, maintainable code and you should enjoy pushing code everyday. Sample projects include:

Search

Design algorithms to return socially and thematically relevant content.

API

Build and maintain an API for third party developers.

Recommendations

Use MapReduce to recommend content to new users.

Measurement

Implement real-time measurement frameworks to help us evaluate new features.

Speed & Scale

Improve site speed by implementing comprehensive caching and optimizing queries.

When applying, make sure to send links to things you have built.

Partner Engineer

In this role, you will engage with some of the world’s most influential companies to help them leverage Pinterest’s solutions most effectively. You will figure out how to bring our technical solutions to market and will work with our product, design, and engineering teams to influence our product direction. The ideal candidate will combine excellent technical and business skills, a strong interest in working directly with clients and a deep passion for Pinterest.

Responsibilities

Deeply understand Pinterest products for Publishers & Brands and underlying implementation.

Assist our partners in adapting our solutions, finding and fixing technical issues, and following up with our engineering teams in improving our product to enable those partnerships.

Manage special promotion launches of our products ensuring communication and technical solutions are in place as well as testing with launch partners.

Help engineering and product team with designing and testing new features.

Requirements

BA/BS in Computer Science or relevant experience.

Strong client facing skills and extensive knowledge & experience working with marketers.

Strong operational skills & experience.

Expertise building a customer facing model at scale.

Strong strategic instincts.

Capable of partnering with key xfn partners to drive product & go to market strategy.

Comfortable in a role that is both tactical and strategic in nature and would enjoy working directly with clients while possessing the capacity to figure out how our model and strategy needs to scale.

Ability to interface with product & engineering to articulate customer needs & feedback and build internal infrastructure & tools to support team’s growth.

Great team player.

Passion for Pinterest.

Head of Partner Marketing

Pinterest’s content partners include publishers, publisher networks, brands & retailers and commerce platforms. We’re looking for a dynamic and seasoned marketing leader to develop and scale our partner marketing efforts. In this role, you’ll work across the organization to define and take our partner solutions to market. In doing so, you'll work closely with our product and partner facing teams to bring our partner solutions to market and take a lead role in defining how we position these solutions with key content partners. You’ll segment our partner ecosystem and will work closely with our partner and product management teams to drive adoption and engagement. You’ll play a key role in working with our partner management team to engage with our customers to capture and synthesize insights to inform and influence our product development cycle. Over time, you’ll build a high performing team as your function scales. You should have a deep passion for Pinterest, a strong understanding of the technology space, strong creative and strategic instincts and exceptional communications skills.

Execution

You love the strategic and the tactical. You can orchestrate a complex go to market strategy and drive flawless execution. You can navigate a highly dynamic environment, juggle multiple priorities and build strong relationships across the organization.

Experience

Deep product marketing and strategy experience. Understands the consumer web and has worked across the partner/brand/agency ecosystem and understands media and commerce.

Communication

Exceptional written and oral communications skills. You can communicate complex concepts clearly and succinctly.

Leadership

Demonstrated experience leading in a complex, dynamic environment. You have experience building and managing high performing teams.

Head of Community Marketing

We’re looking for a dynamic and seasoned marketing leader to scale and manage our product marketing efforts in support of the Pinterest Community. In this role, you’ll play a key role in influencing product development through segmentation and market analysis while working closely with our product, community operations, PR, design and engineering teams to drive continued growth and engagement. You’ll help define and execute on our community engagement strategy through events, key partnerships and Pinterest’s scaled communications channels. You’ll be responsible for defining the roadmap for the Community Marketing function and will scale and lead a high performing team. You should have a deep passion for Pinterest, a strong understanding of the technology space, strong creative and strategic instincts and exceptional communications skills.

Execution

You love the strategic and the tactical. You can define a complex operational strategy and drive flawless execution. You can navigate a highly dynamic environment, juggle multiple priorities and build strong relationships across the organization.

Experience

Experience building operating models at scale. Experience with a complex and thriving online ecosystem.

Communication

Exceptional written and oral communications skills. You can communicate complex concepts clearly and succinctly.

Leadership

Demonstrated experience leading in a complex, dynamic environment. You have experience building and managing high performing teams.

Country Manager, Japan

You will research the Japan market, develop a comprehensive product and service strategy for the Japan market and lead the localization of Pinterest's service in Japan. You will start up the Japan operation and grow the organization.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the overall business plan for the Japan market.

Increase Pinterest's recognition and brand image in the market.

Proactively cultivate and maintain relationships with Rakuten and other relevant companies in the industry.

Identify and implement new business opportunities and business growth strategies.

Strengthen the Japan operation by recruiting, developing, training and managing capable staff.

Communicate regularly with US team regarding local market trends, opportunities and issues.

Experience

Product management experience, ideally for consumer-oriented product.

Experience in social media is a strong plus.

Proven track record in consumer internet product development and service operation in Japan.

Basic knowledge and expertise in business development.

Competencies

Possess a strong network of executive-level contacts in the Japanese consumer internet business.

Aggressive and focused on product launch milestones.

Capable of exercising strong leadership and simultaneously being a hands-on team player.

 

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