Pinterest · 2 days ago
Manager II, Machine Learning-Content Success
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$189K/yr - $390K/yr
7+ years expPinterest is a platform that inspires millions to create a life they love. The Content Success team is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of backend and machine learning engineers in developing advanced signals and integrations for recommendation systems, thereby impacting Pinterest's topline metrics.
InternetSocial BookmarkingSocial MediaSocial NetworkSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor and grow a team of experienced backend and machine learning engineers in developing advanced signals, integrations and systems, which are integral to key Pinterest products across Discovery, Ads, and Growth
Provide thought leadership in content distribution and recommender systems by setting a long-term technical vision and advancing the state-of-the-art in the field. Act as the glue between content acquisition and recommendation pods becoming the expert in both these areas
Manage project execution and stakeholder communication, including roadmap planning, technical decision-making, risk mitigation, and progress updates to achieve business goals
Help the team solve difficult technical challenges such as: How to build new ML systems, candidate generators, features and models that can handle millions of new Pins every day with low latency to effectively distribute fresh content and be re-usable across recommendation surfaces? How to determine what fresh content our Pinners will be inspired by and predict their future engagement metrics? How to identify and remove biases from existing recommendation systems? How to experiment with and measure the impact of content acquisition changes on the user experience? How to enhance the titles of new content to increase their engagement?
Qualification
Required
7+ years of industry experience, including 2+ years of management experience
Experience with developing and deploying large-scale machine learning systems in search and recommendations
Experience with big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Spark) and scalable realtime systems that process stream data (e.g Kafka, Flink)
Experience applying NLP models and LLMs to content understanding and recommendation systems
Experience building and leading high performing teams within a visible business vertical
Experience working with numerous cross functional partners to drive a collective initiative
Bachelors degree in a technical field, or equivalent work experience
Benefits
Equity
Company
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
1001-5000 employees
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
Recent News
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