Software Engineer II, Data

As a Software Engineer (Data), you are a full stack data engineer that loves solving business problems with data. You work with key business and product leads, analysts and data scientists to understand the business domain and how data can empower them. You engage with fellow engineers to develop better data platforms to make the process of producing data and deriving insights easy and efficient. You are passionate about the quality of the data you produce and take pride in having your data drive our business.

What you’ll do:

• Understand the business drivers and analytical use-cases and translate these to data products.
• Explore new technologies and learn new techniques to solve business problems creatively.
• Think big and drive the strategy for better data quality within Pinterest.
• Design, implement and maintain pipelines that produce business critical data reliably and efficiently using cloud technology.
• Become the voice of business within engineering, and of engineering within business.
• Create data visualizations that allow easy consumption of the data learnings and insights.
• Collaborate with many teams from Product, Engineering and Business to produce relevant data solutions that can be used across multiple use cases. 
• Leverage AI to seek faster execution (i.e. draft, prototype, outline) and explore alternative options (i.e. iterate, compare approaches)
• Leverage AI to synthesize information (summarize, distill themes) and automate repeatable tasks (documentation, reporting, QA checks)

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years of experience with big data (Hive, Iceberg, Presto, Spark, SparkSQL, Scala, Airflow), and scripting language (Python). Data visualization technologies (Tableau, Looker, Superset) a plus.
• Hands-on experience in principled data warehouse design, data pipeline design and development, and data visualization.
• Experience using large language models and developing AI agents to boost productivity
• Great communication skills. You should be able to directly communicate with senior business leaders, embed yourself with business teams, and present solutions to business stakeholders.
• Experience in working independently and driving projects end to end.
• Strong analytical skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Data Engineering, or equivalent experience

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 per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in Ontario.

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