Pinterest ยท 6 months ago
Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering, Core Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $364K/yr
8+ years expPinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and helps users plan memorable experiences. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineering Manager II to lead a team focused on enhancing search and recommendations for over 500 million users, driving technical direction, and collaborating across teams to deliver impactful solutions.
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Responsibilities
Be responsible for major areas of search, recommendations, notifications, etc for more than 500 million monthly active Pinterest users. Potential areas of impact include ML based retrieval, multi domain ranking, L1 modeling, candidate generators, sequence modeling, relevance modeling, and infrastructure efficiency and scalability
Deeply understand the Pinterest product and drive the vision for the team, ensuring the team's work directly contributes to the company's goals
Manage and mentor a team of Machine Learning engineers (L13 - L16), providing technical guidance and support to help them grow their careers. Identify team needs and hire strong candidates
Collaborate closely with other engineering teams at Pinterest to enhance the experience for users, including Advanced Technology Group, Infrastructure, Content Understanding and User Understanding
Provide visibility to senior leadership regarding the team's global impact
Partner with stakeholders across the company, including product management, data scientists, and design, to shape the future of the content ecosystem and personalization at Pinterest
Build a culture of excellence and expertise within the team
Qualification
Required
MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences, related field, or equivalent experience
Experience leading and working on a large-scale production recommendation, e-commerce, search or ads systems that are based on state-of-the-art machine learning and big data technology
Strong experience in related fields such as recommendation systems and applied machine learning experience is required
Demonstrated ability to define and drive the strategic roadmap for scalable, production-quality systems from concept to execution
Strong focus on product impact and user experience within a consumer-focused environment
Minimum of 1 year of experience managing a high-performing machine learning engineering team of 10+ members
8+ years of experience in software development, with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions
Preferred
Natural language processing and computer vision is a bonus
Company
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.49BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Brandtech VenturesSV Angel
2022-07-14Post Ipo Equity
2020-01-01Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO
Leadership Team
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
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