Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Systems

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Cloud Systems Engineer who will make a significant impact on one of the largest-scale, cloud-based infrastructures in the world. As a member of the Infrastructure Provisioning team, you will work in the areas of cloud architecture, infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and infrastructure modernization across the company. 

This role is a highly visible opportunity on a smaller team leading Cloud Systems engineering at a massive scale. You will forge cutting-edge innovations in partnership with leaders in cloud infrastructure and architecture to create world-class performance and stability for 450M+ Pinterest users. You will build new and better standards and systems for 1500+ Pinterest Software Engineers.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain a robust provisioning and testing harness for Ubuntu, enabling performance and reliability testing for multi-architecture EC2 instances

• Present and provide recommendations to leadership and engineering teams on containerizing workloads, automating the upgrade of OS versions across the fleet, and immutable infrastructure

• Implement processes to upgrade and test new Ubuntu versions and ensure its availability across the Pinterest fleet

• Improve and maintain the suite of tools of tools involved in provisioning hosts at Pinterest, this includes: OS/AMI pipelines, Puppet configuration, base Docker images

What we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of infrastructure management experience, including cloud server management, deployments, and OS provisioning using tools such as Packer

• Deep experience and fluency with Linux environments

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex systems and propose effective solutions

• Experience with CI/CD practices and build systems, such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet, Ansible, or Salt

• Experience implementing or working with immutable infrastructure principles and practices

• Proficiency in software development languages such as Python, Java, and/or Go, with a focus on building highly available distributed applications

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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