Sr. Backend Engineer, tvScientific

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. About tvScientific tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. We leverage massive data and cutting-edge science to automate and optimize TV advertising to drive business outcomes. Our solution combines media buying, optimization, measurement, and attribution in one, efficient platform. Our platform is built by industry leaders with a long history in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification who have now purpose-built a CTV performance platform advertisers can trust to grow their business. As a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Python, you will collaborate with a small team of remote engineers to enhance our flagship customer-facing product. You should possess a deep understanding of fundamental engineering principles and have practical experience in web development, automated testing, version control, continuous deployment, infrastructure management, and agile planning. This role is ideal for someone who’s ready to go beyond shipping features, who acts as a force multiplier for the team by helping to shape architecture, elevate technical quality, and support the Engineering Manager in mentorship and planning. You won’t be responsible for direct people management, but you’ll be a go-to partner in helping the team grow, unblock, and thrive. What you'll do:

• Own and deliver key product features from design through deployment, working closely with design, product, and other stakeholders.
• Mentor and support engineers, offering guidance and helping to reinforce high engineering standards across the team.
• Collaborate closely with design, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a user-friendly and engaging product for our customers.
• Ship high-performing and resilient APIs that adhere to industry standards and are delightful to use.
• Step into a technical lead role on projects as needed, coordinating across functions and guiding execution without formal authority.
• Maintain a high standard of quality across our codebase by advocating for cleanliness, readability, speed, testability, and documentation.
• Champion software quality, emphasizing readability, reliability, testability, and documentation.

What we're looking for:

• Experience working with Python backends (ideally Django).
• Exceptional remote communication skills. Especially in writing.
• The ability to work autonomously in a startup environment; you thrive under pressure and are comfortable adapting to rapidly evolving plans.
• Proven production experience working with a relational database (we use MySQL). Bonus points for experience working with other types of datastores or backing services.
• A rigorous approach to software quality. You like to write tests.
• A knack for learning new technologies, strong problem-solving skills, and an openness to creative solutions.
• A genuine passion for crafting reliable web applications. You get it right the first time.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• Nice-to-Haves:
• Adtech Experience.
• Specific Domain Experience in CTV.
• Familiarity with AWS services, experience working in a microservice architecture or with containerization technologies.
• Previous involvement in a production environment with a customer-facing reporting and analytics system.
• Experience working with other types of datastores or backing services, like Redis.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.

Relocation Statement:

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

#LI-SM4 #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $123,696—$254,667 USD 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 this form for support. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job