Principal Engineer, Pinterest

$187-385k

Python

Java

C++

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

Scalding

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

Job no longer available

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Job no longer available

$187-385k

Python

Java

C++

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

Scalding

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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)

Desirable

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

What the job involves

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
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

Our take

Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.

Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.

With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.

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Insights

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Bill Ready

(CEO)

Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.

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