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This role pays more than
93%
of similar roles. Most pay
$198,122–$255,625
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$271k
versus about
$227k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.
Pinterest currently has
76 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$177,185–$339,078
across 70 roles with salary data.
The Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering joins a team responsible for managing one of the world's largest-scale cloud-native infrastructures. In this individual-contributor role, you will own and drive performance and efficiency for core areas of Capacity Engineering, focusing on large-scale shared environments like Kubernetes. Your daily responsibilities include scheduling optimization, resource-overhead reduction, and resource isolation in multi-tenant clusters. You will use profiling and performance tooling to root-cause complex problems and collaborate with Infrastructure Engineering and SRE teams to deliver resilient foundations. Required skills include proficiency in Java, Python, and C++, along with experience in AWS or similar cloud environments. You must demonstrate a deep understanding of system and hardware fundamentals, including CPU, memory, and OS scheduling, while leveraging AI to accelerate performance investigations and build self-service efficiency tools.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.