Software Engineer II, Data

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At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

As a Software Engineer (Data), you are a full stack data engineer that loves solving business problems with data. You work with key business and product leads, analysts and data scientists to understand the business domain and how data can empower them. You engage with fellow engineers to develop better data platforms to make the process of producing data and deriving insights easy and efficient. You are passionate about the quality of the data you produce and take pride in having your data drive our business.

What you’ll do:

• Understand the business drivers and analytical use-cases and translate these to data products.
• Explore new technologies and learn new techniques to solve business problems creatively.
• Think big and drive the strategy for better data quality within Pinterest.
• Design, implement and maintain pipelines that produce business critical data reliably and efficiently using cloud technology.
• Become the voice of business within engineering, and of engineering within business.
• Create data visualizations that allow easy consumption of the data learnings and insights.
• Collaborate with many teams from Product, Engineering and Business to produce relevant data solutions that can be used across multiple use cases.
• Leverage AI to seek faster execution (i.e. draft, prototype, outline) and explore alternative options (i.e. iterate, compare approaches)
• Leverage AI to synthesize information (summarize, distill themes) and automate repeatable tasks (documentation, reporting, QA checks)

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years of experience with big data (Hive, Iceberg, Presto, Spark, SparkSQL, Scala, Airflow), and scripting language (Python). Data visualization technologies (Tableau, Looker, Superset) a plus.
• Hands-on experience in principled data warehouse design, data pipeline design and development, and data visualization.
• Experience using large language models and developing AI agents to boost productivity
• Great communication skills. You should be able to directly communicate with senior business leaders, embed yourself with business teams, and present solutions to business stakeholders.
• Experience in working independently and driving projects end to end.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Data Engineering, or equivalent experience

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in Ontario.

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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. 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.

Canada based applicants only$139,378—$189,378 CAD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

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, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.