# Manager I, Engineering

**Company:** [Pinterest](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pinterest)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Backend Web Applications, Distributed Systems, Code Reviews, Pair Programming, Automated Build And Deployment, API Development, Production Readiness, Team Leadership, Mentorship, Hiring
**Posted:** 2026-06-24

> Lead the API engineering team responsible for Pinterest's first-party client APIs (Android, iOS, Web). Architect solutions, mentor engineers, drive production readiness, and grow the team through hiring.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to architect solutions to better serve Pinterest’s internal development needs
- Provide technical and team leadership on rapid short-term projects/feature development as well as longer-term development
- Partner with engineering leadership to set engineering priorities, estimate scope of work, execute work, and track progress
- Actively foster high-quality software development through code reviews, pair-programming, and targeted feature development and when needed to unblock the team, prototype new technologies and systems, or demonstrate good coding practices
- Mentor and develop engineers at various levels of seniority
- Enable and enhance production readiness of Pinterest’s first party client APIs
- Grow the team in your first year of employment by hiring great people

## What we’re looking for:
- 1+ years of experience as an engineering manager
- 4+ years of software engineering experience as a hands on software engineer
- Track record of developing high quality software in an automated build and deployment environment
- Experience leading a team of engineers through a significant feature or product launch
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

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