Software Engineer II, Android

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Pinterest:</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/">flexibility</a> to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.</p> <p>At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.</p> <p>Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/">here</a>.</p></div><p>We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Android engineers to join our [Platform / Product] engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What you’ll do: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation   to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support all Pinners</li> <li>Support millions of users and enable colleagues by ensuring excellence in core pieces that are shared throughout the application</li> <li>Drive changes that improve the entire app such as modularization, implementing image/video loading, RTL text, dependency injection, and reusable UI components</li> <li>Grow as an engineer by working with world-class peers on varied and high impact projects</li> <li>Use AI to accelerate team execution, system design, and decision-making, applying sound judgment to validate outputs and ensure correctness and quality.</li> <li>Use AI for faster execution (draft, prototype, outline)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>What we’re looking for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>2+ years of industry Android application development experience, building consumer or business facing products</li> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.</li> <li>Deep understanding of Android development and best practices in Kotlin and/or Java, e.g. Activity Lifecycle, memory management, etc.</li> <li>Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineers</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs.</li> <li>Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review).</li> <li>High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Relocation Statement</strong>: </p> <ul> <li>This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinflex/">PinFlex</a> page to learn more about our working model.</li> </ul> <p><br><br></p> <p><strong>In-Office Requirement Statement</strong>: </p> <ul> <li>We recognize that the ide