Pinterest Looking for Software Engineer I at California, United States Full Time

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About Pinterest

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.

API Engineer, The Pinterest Platform

Do you have experience building or working with externally accessible APIs at scale? Are you interested in applying your experience to a pioneering opportunity within Pinterest?

We’re building the Pinterest Developer Platform – a suite of productized, scaled Pinterest capabilities that will empower a thriving community of Partners to build experiences upon Pinterest. We’re planning for this Partner community to ultimately grow to tens of thousands of apps and materially impact Pinterest’s business. Most importantly, our work will enable our Pinners to discover and act upon more inspiring content than ever before – both within Pinterest Apps and within other products.

Our multidisciplinary team (Engineering, Product Management, Design, Business Development, and more) is working together to create:

• A new externally accessible RESTful API
• A new developers.pinterest.com “customer journey” for Partner app developers
• New administrative tools to enable us to manage the platform at scale
• New API “products” that enable Partners to build upon Pinterest in new ways

What You’ll Do

• Work with engineering peers to architect Pinterest’s externally accessible API endpoints, and then build them
• Design and build tools and capabilities to enable efficient operation and administration of the API
• Identify, prioritize, and resolve the biggest problems facing our external API consumers and our internal API developers
• Write high-quality, performant Python code that empowers engineers at Partner companies, and support our peer teams throughout the company doing the same

What We’re Looking For

• Experience building API endpoints between consumer clients and servers and/or writing API client code to call APIs
• Experience with Python, OpenAPI, and OAuth
• You enjoy thinking about APIs as a “product” for an audience at scale
• You enjoy building tools and capabilities that empower yourself and others
• You thrive in startup or startup-within-a-larger-company environments, where you have the opportunity to move quickly, create something new, and have a major impact
• You enjoy solving complex technical product issues with multiple disciplines across multiple teams

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$82,450—$170,000 USD

Our Commitment To Diversity

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify [email protected] for support.