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Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesApacheDistributed SystemsJavaOpen SourcePythonScalaSpark
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design, implement, and optimize Pinterest’s exabyte-scale data lake storage platform.
- Lead complex technical projects and initiatives for data lake storage and metadata management, driving them from architecture through execution.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and partner teams across the organization to design storage and metadata layer technologies that unlock big data and ML/AI innovations.
- Build storage capabilities that efficiently support large-scale ML/AI workloads, including high-throughput data access, schema evolution, and large-scale column backfills.
- Shape the long-term technical direction for scalable, reliable, and efficient big data storage systems.
- Engage with and contribute to open source communities such as Apache Iceberg, Spark, and Flink to help address Pinterest’s scaling challenges.
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years of relevant industry experience designing and building large-scale production distributed systems.
- Strong experience designing and maintaining scalable storage, metadata, or data lake infrastructure.
- Experience building storage capabilities for large-scale ML/AI or analytics workloads, including high-throughput data access, schema evolution, and large-scale column backfills.
- Deep knowledge with building distributed systems, data storage systems, and production infrastructure.
- Experience with big data technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Spark, Flink, Presto/Trino, Hive, or similar systems.
- Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Scala, or Python.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence architecture across teams.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a drive for technical excellence and innovation.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Benefits
Comp & perks- Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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Hard Skills & Tools
data lake storagemetadata managementlarge-scale ML/AI workloadshigh-throughput data accessschema evolutionlarge-scale column backfillsdistributed systemsdata storage systemsbig data technologiesprogramming languages
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingtechnical excellenceinnovation