Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, C++, Content Management System, GoLang, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Product Management, Project management, Python Programming, Spark Core

Job Description

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.

Within the Ads Quality team, we try to connect the dots between the aspirations of Pinners and the products offered by our partners. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing a vision for the evolution of the machine learning technology stack within Ads Ranking. You will work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and deep learning to advance the statistical models that power the ads engagement and delivery that bring together Pinners and partners in this unique marketplace.

What you’ll do:

• Lead user-facing projects that involve end-to-end engineering development in both frontend and backend and ML
• Improve relevance and increase long term value for Pinners, Partners, Creators, and Pinterest through efficient Ads Delivery
• Improve our engineering systems to improve the latency, capacity, stability and reduce infra cost
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to develop engineering solutions for user-facing product improvements
• Collaborate with other engineering teams (infra, user modeling, content understanding) to leverage their platforms and signals

What we’re looking for:

• Experience with large scale data processing (e.g. Hive, Scalding, Spark, Hadoop, Map-reduce)
• 8+ years working experience in the engineering teams that build large-scale ML-driven user-facing products
• 3+ years experience leading cross-team engineering efforts that improves user experience in products
• Strong execution skills in project management
• Masters or PhD in Comp Sci or related fields
• Understanding of an object-oriented programming language (Go, Java, C++, Python)

Desired skills:

• Experience in working in frontend, backend and ML systems for large-scale user-facing products, and have a good understanding of how they all work
• Experience in closely collaborating with product managers / designers to ship ML-driven user-facing product

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

US based applicants only

$187,000—$385,000 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify accessibility@pinterest.com for support.