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From the employer's careers site First seen 30 Oct 2026

Engineering Manager II, Runtime Services

Pinterest San Francisco, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$208,592-$429,454 USD per year

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Description

As a Pinterest employee, you'll be challenged to take on work that upholds the mission and pushes Pinterest forward.

Responsibilities

  • Establish the strategy, charter, and operating model for a new team responsible for two major platforms: Pinterest's large-scale asynchronous job scheduling and execution platform, and its anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and ML monitoring platform.
  • Lead the technical roadmap and evolution of these platforms, advancing automation, self-service onboarding, resource efficiency, and reliability.
  • Build strong partnerships with teams across Pinterest to understand customer needs, drive adoption, and deliver measurable improvements in developer productivity and data-driven decision-making.
  • Strengthen operational excellence across both platforms by improving observability, incident response, service health, documentation, and engineering practices.
  • Hire, coach, and grow a high-performing team while establishing an inclusive culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Use AI to accelerate planning, technical exploration, documentation, and operational analysis, applying sound judgment and verification to ensure the quality and correctness of final outcomes.

Requirements

  • Minimum 9 years of software engineering experience, including deep expertise in distributed platforms and solid familiarity with backend systems and interest in algorithms in anomaly detection domain.
  • Minimum 2 years of engineering management experience leading strong platform and backend highly available engineering teams.
  • Strong technical foundation in platform reliability, observability, Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure, data systems, and developer experience.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous execution, workflow orchestration, and passion for machine learning algorithms.
  • Experience setting technical strategy and delivering meaningful improvements to platform scalability, operational efficiency, customer adoption, or engineering velocity.
  • Ability to lead work across platforms and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners.
  • Clear communication skills, strong technical judgment, and a people-focused leadership approach.
  • Experience using AI to accelerate engineering planning, analysis, and execution, with a clear approach to validating accuracy, quality, and security.
  • Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Base salary range: $208,592-$429,454 USD
  • Eligible for equity

Skills

Required

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