Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Programmatic Ads at PRINTEREST INC

Los Angeles, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Jan, 26

Salary

514500.0

Posted On

30 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Machine Learning, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Real-Time Bidding, Ad Scoring, Ranking, Inventory Selection, Yield Optimization, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Communication, Product Strategy, Analytics, Privacy-First Personalization, DSP Features

Industry

Software Development

Description

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing online ad platforms, and our success depends on mining rich user interest data that helps us connect users with highly relevant advertisers/ products. We’re looking for a leader with experience in machine learning, data mining, and information retrieval to lead a team that develops new data-driven techniques to show the most engaging and relevant promoted content to the users. You’ll be leading a world-class ML team that is growing quickly and laying the foundation for Pinterest’s business success. What you’ll do: Manage and grow the engineering team, providing technical vision and long-term roadmap Design and implement algorithms for real-time bidding, ad scoring/ranking, inventory selection and yield optimization on the DSP Hire, mentor and grow a team of engineers. Set technical direction, manage project roadmaps, and actively guide team execution. Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Marketing and Sales – translating business goals into ML requirements and ensuring solutions meet cross-functional needs Product strategy and advocacy. Define and evangelize the ML roadmap for programmatic products. Present findings and roadmaps to senior leadership, and work with stakeholders to align analytics projects with company goals (e.g. privacy-first personalization, new DSP features) What we’re looking for: M.S/ PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field 10+ years of industry experience building production machine learning systems at scale, data mining, search, recommendations, and/or natural language processing Experience in programmatic advertising or information retrieval contexts (RTB, DSP/SSP, search). Familiarity with ad campaign metrics, auction mechanics and yield optimization Excellent at cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication Relocation Statement: This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. In-Office Requirement Statement: We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per month and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices: San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle, Los Angeles. #LI-HYBRID #LI-SM4 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 $294,000—$514,500 USD Our Commitment to Inclusion: 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 a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

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Responsibilities

Manage and grow the engineering team while providing technical vision and a long-term roadmap. Design and implement algorithms for various aspects of programmatic advertising, ensuring alignment with business goals.