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# Software Engineer I

- **Company:** Pinterest
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $120,753.0 - $211,318.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Data Processing, Caching, Backend, Information Technology, Restful APIs
- **Published:** June 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1bc7070e-2727-47e9-a69e-70836e77e098

## About the Role

* 1+ years of industry backend development experience, building consumer or business facing products
 * Proficiency in common backend tech stacks for RESTful API, online service, storage, caching and data processing
 * Experience building & operating large scale distributed systems and/or networks. Bonus points if you enjoy deploying and operating large scale workloads on a public cloud footprint
 * Experience in Python, Java, C++, or Go or another language and a willingness to learn
 * Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers
 * Ability to keep up-to-date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated
 * Strong collaboration and communication skills
 * Bachelor's/Master's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

## Description

* This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration [1x per week] and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices in Seattle.


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