Site Reliability Engineer

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Locations

California, USA • San Francisco, CA, USA • Remote

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

AWS

Apache Kafka

Docker

Elasticsearch

Hadoop

Linux/Unix

MySQL

Puppet

Ruby

Terraform

Python

Nginx

Ansible

Chef

Requirements

Deep knowledge of Linux/Unix/BSD internals and experience working with open source software (e.g. MySQL, Hadoop, Envoy, HAProxy, Nginx)
Experience with technologies such as ElasticSearch, ZooKeeper, HBase, Hadoop, Memcache and Kafka, with a focus on reliability, automation, operability and performance
5+ years of experience with programming languages (Python, Golang, Ruby, etc.)

Responsibilities

Develop software solutions to enable reliability and operability of large scale distributed systems handling petabytes of data and serving
Build a deep understanding of how Pinterest's systems behave, scale, interact and fail, and use that insight to identity risks and opportunities for remediation
Build tools and automation to eliminate toil and reduce operational overhead. Create frameworks, processes and best practices to be used across Pinterest Engineering
Build meaningful, insightful and actionable SLIs
Automate critical portions of Pinterest's engineering processes, to minimize risk and maximize the speed of innovation
Manage capacity and performance to help scale our infrastructure both on public and private clouds around the world

Desired Qualifications

Infrastructure as code is a plus (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, Fabric, Docker, etc)
points if experienced with deploying web apps to cloud infrastructure (AWS, etc.) and working with distributed, service-oriented architecture

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.

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.

The Site Reliability Engineering organization at Pinterest is accountable for ensuring overall Pinterest availability as well as enhancing Engineering teams’ capability to design, build and operate robust systems at scale.

Pinterest’s applications and infrastructure that handle billions of monthly page views and petabytes of data as Pinterest continues to grow and scale. As a Pinterest SRE, you will design and build systems, platforms, tools, frameworks and methodologies to assure the reliability of our large-scale distributed systems.

What You’ll Do:

Develop software solutions to enable reliability and operability of large scale distributed systems handling petabytes of data and serving.
Build a deep understanding of how Pinterest’s systems behave, scale, interact and fail, and use that insight to identity risks and opportunities for remediation.
Build tools and automation to eliminate toil and reduce operational overhead. Create frameworks, processes and best practices to be used across Pinterest Engineering.
Build meaningful, insightful and actionable SLIs.
Automate critical portions of Pinterest’s engineering processes, to minimize risk and maximize the speed of innovation.
Manage capacity and performance to help scale our infrastructure both on public and private clouds around the world.

What We’re Looking For:

Deep knowledge of Linux/Unix/BSD internals and experience working with open source software (e.g. MySQL, Hadoop, Envoy, HAProxy, Nginx).
Experience with technologies such as ElasticSearch, ZooKeeper, HBase, Hadoop, Memcache and Kafka, with a focus on reliability, automation, operability and performance.
5+ years of experience with programming languages (Python, Golang, Ruby, etc.).
Infrastructure as code is a plus (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, Fabric, Docker, etc).
Bonus points if experienced with deploying web apps to cloud infrastructure (AWS, etc.) and working with distributed, service-oriented architecture.

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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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. 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

$172,500—$258,700 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity:

At Pinterest, our mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love—and that includes our employees. We’re taking on the most exciting challenges of our working lives, and we succeed with a team that represents an inclusive and diverse set of identities and backgrounds.

1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Photo and video sharing platform

Company Overview

Pinterest's mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love. It’s the biggest dataset of ideas ever assembled, with over 200 billion recipes, home hacks, style inspiration and other ideas to try. More than 430 million people around the world use Pinterest to dream about, plan and prepare for things they want to do in life.

Benefits

Flexible and generous vacation and holidays
Global year-end paid company holiday closure
Comprehensive mental and physical health benefits for you and your family
Retirement plans that allow for tax savings
Fitness offerings
Personal and professional development resources
Adoption support, paid parental leave, egg freezing (in the US) and other family building benefits
Discounts and perks
Meals and snacks in the office

Company Core Values

Put Pinners first
Aim for extraordinary
Create belonging
Act as one
Win or learn