API Engineering Manager I

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.

People use Pinterest to find ideas and brands that they love. We aspire to help our advertisers and partners reach their audiences with inspiring content.

The API team is responsible for ensuring our first party clients (Android, iOS, and Web) have a stable API to develop on top of. Our customers are Pinterest developers who want to build product features, and who rely on a highly available system to do so. As the Engineering Manager for API, you will lead a talented and growing engineering team responsible for growing the existing portfolio and driving future commerce integrations. The ideal candidate should have experience building backend web applications, be driven to become an expert in their domain, have some knowledge of ecommerce systems, and have a passion for leadership.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to architect solutions to better serve Pinterest’s internal development needs
• Provide technical and team leadership on rapid short-term projects/feature development as well as longer-term development
• Partner with engineering leadership to set engineering priorities, estimate scope of work, execute work, and track progress
• Actively foster high-quality software development through code reviews, pair-programming, and targeted feature development and when needed to unblock the team, prototype new technologies and systems, or demonstrate good coding practices
• Mentor and develop engineers at various levels of seniority
• Enable and enhance production readiness of Pinterest’s first party client APIs
• Grow the team in your first year of employment by hiring great people

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years of experience as an engineering manager
• 4+ years of software engineering experience as a hands on software engineer
• Track record of developing high quality software in an automated build and deployment environment
• Experience leading a team of engineers through a significant feature or product launch
• Well versed in agile development methodologies

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

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