# Manager II, Engineering - Infra

**Company:** [Pinterest](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pinterest)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Palo Alto, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $208k – $365k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Java, Python, C++, Redis, Memcached, Distributed Systems, Caching Systems, On-Call Support, Technical Leadership, Ai-Assisted Development
**Posted:** 2026-05-26

> Lead technical direction for Pinterest's Cache Infra team, building and operating large-scale distributed caching systems (Redis, Memcached) serving 450M QPS across 100+ clusters. Drive modernization initiatives and mentor senior engineers.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Provide technical guidance and direction to a high-performing team to build reliable, performant and efficient caching systems that operate at a huge scale and empower numerous business critical applications across the entire company.
- Contribute to a cross-functional strategic initiative to modernize the cache infra tech stack by adopting cutting-edge technologies.
- Maintain a high engineering standard for cache infrastructure, focusing on continuous improvement in reliability, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and developer velocity.
- Serve as a member of the Cache Infra on-call team, providing timely support for all pages and critical issues, including monitoring, prompt response to alerts, issue diagnosis/resolution, and communicating status to stakeholders.
- Use AI to accelerate team execution, system design, and decision-making, applying sound judgment to validate outputs and ensure correctness and quality.
- Establish and maintain a high standard for technical excellence and production quality.
- Mentor senior engineers on the team, developing the next generation of caching infrastructure team leaders.

## What We’re Looking For

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience in large-scale distributed caching systems.
- Experience building/managing caching systems such as memcached or Redis at scale.
- Hands on experience building and operating highly available, reliable, production grade systems at scale.
- Demonstrated technical leadership in setting roadmap and driving execution — including defining technical direction, leading engineering alignment, and partnering across teams to deliver complex platform investments.
- Strong problem-solving skills and analytical mindset, with the ability to use data to guide decisions.
- Experience coding in one of the following languages: Java, Python and/or C/C++.
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI to accelerate development, enhance operations, and improve customer support.

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