Staff Software Engineer, Storage Services
Core
Lead technical strategy and execution for Pinterest's scalable online structured data storage platform, managing 100TB+ datasets and serving 1.5M+ queries per second.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Storage Infrastructure)
Builds
Distributed SQL and graph data storage systems powering business-critical applications
Domain
Internet / Distributed Systems / Database Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed SQL/NoSQL internals, Large-scale graph data stores, System architecture design, Performance engineering, Incident response, Technical leadership, Java/Python/C++
Preferred skills
TiDB experience, AI for system design and operations automation
Technologies
TiDB, SQL, Graph databases, Java, Python, C/C++
Responsibilities
Provide technical guidance to the storage team, Lead architecture of online structured storage services, Drive migration to TiDB backend, Improve query throughput and latency, Use AI to accelerate design and automate operational work, Serve on on-call rotation, Mentor senior engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
