Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering - Ads Signals at Pinterest

About Pinterest:

Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.

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.

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.

The Ads Signal team builds ML signals to improve advertising performance and solve various business problems. The team is responsible for developing and innovating ML signals, integrating them to production models, and building toolings to improve signal development lifecycle. The team you will lead works to identify, design and implement signals that broadly improve the ads delivery funnel or power products that reduce friction for pinners/advertisers. In short, this is a unique position, where you’ll get the freedom to chart your own journey and where you’ll get the opportunity to dive deep into many areas of ads.

What you’ll do:

Manage and grow the engineering team, provide technical vision and long-term roadmap.
Understand customer problems and signal gaps in our system, lead the team to build signals and tailor their solutions for the application use cases.
Collaborate with cross functional application teams, enable team to do cross functional work, not limited to signal development but also in signal application areas such as ads ranking/retrieval or marketplace
Mentor and grow ML engineers to allow them to become experts in signal development and ads delivery funnel.

What we’re looking for:

MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
6+ years of industry experience with related background in Recommender Systems, Monetization, and Ads Delivery funnel (Ads Ranking and/or Ads Retrieval) domains.
2+ years of experience managing engineering teams
Strong software engineering and mathematical skills with knowledge of machine learning
Hands-on experience with large-scale online recommendation/ads systems is a plus

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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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, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. 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 [email protected] for support.

Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering - Ads Signals

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