Engineering Manager II, Media Rendering

Engineering Manager II, Media Rendering

Lead a cross-platform team responsible for image rendering and video playback across Pinterest apps and web. Set the team’s technical direction and drive execution on quality, performance, and reliability for media experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-platform team responsible for image rendering and video playback across Pinterest apps and web.
• Set the team’s technical direction and drive execution on quality, performance, and reliability for media experiences.
• Partner closely with Media Transcoding, Performance, Data Science, Product and Infrastructure teams to improve how media is delivered and experienced across Pinterest.
• Drive initiatives to reduce media load times, improve playback smoothness, and ensure high visual quality at scale.
• Guide the team through platform and architectural decisions, balancing product needs, technical investments, and long-term maintainability.
• Build and grow a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and developing engineers.
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence through strong operational practices, performance measurement, testing, and release quality.
• Help Pinterest adopt new media technologies and formats in ways that improve the user experience for a global audience.

Requirements

• 9+ years of software engineering experience, including deep expertise in iOS or Android and solid familiarity with web technologies.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience leading strong client or platform engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of client performance, including profiling, instrumentation, and performance optimization.
• Strong technical foundation in media rendering, image delivery, video streaming, and client-side performance.
• Experience working with media frameworks such as AVFoundation and ExoPlayer.
• A track record of delivering meaningful improvements to product experience, system performance, or engineering efficiency.
• Ability to lead work across platforms and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners.
• Clear communication skills, strong technical judgment, and a people-focused leadership approach.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Salary $208,592 — $429,454 USD

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