Pinterest is a global platform where millions of people come to find inspiration and new ideas every day. The Online Systems team is crucial in delivering reliable, high-performance, and maintainable systems that support rapid product development at a global scale. As a Principal Engineer in Online Infrastructure, you'll be working on distributed systems handling hundreds of millions of requests per second. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, requiring expertise in system design, programming, and cross-functional collaboration. Pinterest offers a progressive work model called PinFlex, providing flexibility in living and working arrangements. The position requires weekly in-person collaboration at one of their offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, or Seattle. The company is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace, offering competitive compensation including both base salary and equity. This role presents an opportunity to shape the technological future of a platform that helps people create lives they love while working with cutting-edge distributed systems at massive scale.