About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
As a Fullstack, Front-end Engineer , you will drive initiatives that empower developers to build modern world-class web experiences for our Pinners with high productivity, performance and quality. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about front-end, has a growth mindset and isn’t afraid to give their opinion on how we can improve. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.
What you’ll do:
- Build robust frameworks and features that empower hundreds of developers and support millions of users
- Enable developers to work more effectively by improving foundational web architecture, builds, CI/CD and testing capabilities
- Drive changes that improve overall developer experience for all web engineers across Pinterest
- Identify site-wide challenges; propose, test, and ship solutions
- Champion and drive large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that improve the Web platform
- Increase web stability, scalability, performance and accessibility by implementing the best web development standards
- Mentor team members and participate actively in design and code reviews, team processes and architectural decisions
What we’re looking for:
- Deep understanding of JavaScript, CSS, DOM, HTTP protocol and how the web works
- Expertise with technologies such as React, Redux (or other state management solutions)
- Expertise in building product experiences on Desktop Web and Mobile Web
- Experience working with API in order to build frontend features
- Understanding of Web best practices
- Strong technical skills. Ability to dive into new stacks and codebases to form a deep understanding of our system
- Understands the importance of and value in creating and executing on best practices as well as keeping up to date with new technologies
- Track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects across multiple organizations and being a champion of developer experience, performance and quality
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams to make platform improvements, test functionality, and evangelize adoption of platform features
- Love for Web and drive to keep up-to-date with new technologies, trends and best practices in client architecture
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance and candidates that apply should be based and legally authorized to work in Mexico. 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.
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete
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