Director of Notifications Engineering

Key Skills

Android, Infrastructure as code, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques, Product Management, Teamwork

Job Description

Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.

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What you’ll do:

• Overall engineering lead for notification and retention channels. This includes email, push and in-app notifications, in addition to new bets such as iOS/Android widgets.
• Overall lead for the 3 pillars of the notifications area – notifications relevance/ranking, notifications platform, and user-facing notifications product.
• Own the technical strategy for notifications and contribute to the retention strategy for Pinterest as a whole.
• Grow strong technical leaders and talent in the team, and through that, drive innovations in machine learning, user personalization, widgets, notifications product experiences, and many other areas.
• As one of the most senior leaders working on Pinterest growth, you will influence and participate in the overall growth strategy for Pinterest.
• Drive strong foundations for the notifications platform and for state-of-the-art machine learning technologies.

What we’re looking for:

• Engineering leader with experience leading an end-to-end technical/product pillar for the company.
• Scaled leadership experience, ideally with experience leading teams of 25+ engineers, leading teams in multiple locations, and track record of effective cross-functional partnerships.
• Prior experience with notifications or growth engineering teams is a bonus, but not absolutely required.
• Strong technical depth in one of the following areas – machine learning, product engineering, infrastructure and platforms – with practitioner-level experience in the other areas.
• Experience with building effective organizations and teams, including growing technical and people leaders.

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$187,000—$385,000 USD