Staff Software Engineer, Cache Infra

About the role

Pinterest is a platform where millions of people discover creative ideas, dream about new possibilities, and plan for memories. We're passionate about bringing everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and we're seeking talented individuals to join our innovative team.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and direction to a high-performing team to build reliable, performant, and efficient caching systems that operate at a huge scale and empower numerous business-critical applications across the entire company.
• Contribute to a cross-functional strategic initiative to modernize the cache infra tech stack by adopting cutting-edge technologies.
• Maintain a high engineering standard for cache infrastructure, focusing on continuous improvement in reliability, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and developer velocity.
• Serve as a member of the Cache Infra on-call team, providing timely support for all pages and critical issues, including monitoring, prompt response to alerts, issue diagnosis/resolution, and communicating status to stakeholders.
• Use AI to accelerate team execution, system design, and decision-making, applying sound judgment to validate outputs and ensure correctness and quality.
• Establish and maintain a high standard for technical excellence and production quality.
• Mentor senior engineers on the team, developing the next generation of caching infrastructure team leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience in large-scale distributed caching systems.
• Hands-on experience building and operating highly available, reliable, production-grade systems at scale.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in setting roadmap and driving execution — including defining technical direction, leading engineering alignment, and partnering across teams to deliver complex platform investments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical mindset, with the ability to use data to guide decisions.
• Experience coding in one of the following languages: Java, Python, and/or C/C++.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI to accelerate development, enhance operations, and improve customer support.

Qualifications

• Relocation Statement: Not eligible for relocation assistance.
• In-Office Requirement Statement: Needs to be in a commutable distance from the PA office.

Benefits

• Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

Pay

• $208,454—$364,795 USD

Schedule

• Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Skills

• Experience with large-scale distributed caching systems such as memcached or Redis.
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical mindset.
• Experience coding in Java, Python, and/or C/C++.
• Experience with AI in development, operations, and customer support.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Work-life balance.