Staff Data Scientist, Engagement Ecosystem | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Staff Data Scientist, Engagement Ecosystem | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

Staff Data Scientist, Engagement Ecosystem

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

We are looking for a Staff Data Scientist for our Engagement Ecosystem. You will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build at Pinterest. Your expertise in quantitative modeling, experimentation and algorithms will be utilized to solve some of the most complex engineering challenges at the company. You will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Design, Research, Product Analytics, Data Engineering and others. The results of your work will influence and uplevel our product development teams while introducing greater scientific rigor into the real world products serving hundreds of millions of pinners, creators, advertisers and merchants around the world.

What you’ll do

Develop a deep, nuanced understanding of the Pinterest engagement ecosystem and key product surfaces, quantifying ecosystem-level opportunities and risks.

Lead projects on:

Tradeoffs between organic engagement and advertising.

Deep dives on how engagement metrics impact monetization and retention.

Understanding and predicting the value of core behaviors (e.g., saving, repinning, board creation) as they relate to downstream business outcomes.

Designing and evaluating interventions that sustainably boost enterprise metrics across product boundaries.

Design and productionize robust, scalable ML and evaluation frameworks—spanning forecasting, recommendation, and causal inference.

Advocate for best-in-class experimentation, instrumentation, and metric design; bridge the gap between short-term proxy metrics and long-term business impact.

Collaborate across disciplines—Product, Engineering, Research, Business, and Design—translating complex data questions into actionable business insights.

Mentor and guide junior and senior scientists, fostering intellectual curiosity and driving technical excellence.

What we’re looking for

10+ years of hands-on experience in web-scale data environments, with a track record of solving hard, ambiguous problems in product, engagement, or ecosystem analytics.

Deep expertise in: Machine Learning (recommendation, ranking, prediction, experimentation), Statistical Modeling & Causal Inference (observational and experimental data), Product analytics/strategy (beyond dashboards: root cause, goaling, design collaboration), Programming in Python/R and advanced SQL/Spark.

Strong product intuition—ability to scope, question, and design the right solutions for ill-defined, high-impact business problems.

Scientific rigor and healthy skepticism: You challenge assumptions, find flaws, and drive towards robust, reproducible outcomes.

Exceptional communication: You make the complex simple, and can influence both technical and non-technical audiences.

Track record mentoring and growing data talent at the staff/senior IC level.

Cross-functional leadership and the ability to align competing interests towards shared goals.

Masters degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Social Sciences).

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

#LI-NM4

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

$164,695—$339,078 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/6819404/staff-data-scientist-engagement-ecosystem/?gh_jid=6819404

Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

What you’ll do

Be the technical lead for the forecasting team. Own the strategy and implementation of forecasting models of key company metrics (e.g., monthly active users), delivering accurate, interpretable forecasts at scale.

Lead the full modeling lifecycle end to end: problem framing, feature engineering, model development and prototyping, experimentation and backtesting, deployment, monitoring/drift detection, and explainability.

Set the forecasting technical vision. Define model architectures and standards, and partner with Engineering to shape the forecasting platform for efficient training/inference today and the scalability needed for the next generation of models.

Translate forecasts into decisions. Present outputs, scenario analyses, and recommendation frameworks to senior leadership with clarity and brevity. This is a high‑visibility role with regular VP-level exposure.

Drive broader time‑series impact beyond point forecasts—e.g., anomaly detection, automated root‑cause analysis, campaign/channel attribution, and early‑warning signals for business health.

Embed forecasting into the business. Partner with BizOps/Finance and product teams to integrate forecasts and insights into operational rhythms, executive decision-making, and strategic planning.

Lead and mentor. Guide the work of at least two data scientists, raising the bar on technical quality, execution, and impact through candid, continuous feedback and coaching.

What we’re looking for

8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience building and shipping production time‑series/forecasting models with web‑scale data.

A track record of delivering adjustable, well‑calibrated, and explainable forecasting systems that informing decision-making.

Strong background in time‑series modeling and applied statistics/econometrics; advanced degree (MS or PhD) preferred.

Expertise in at least one scripting language (ideally Python).

Strong SQL skills (Hive/Presto/Spark SQL) and experience building reliable data pipelines/workflows (e.g., Airflow).

Business acumen and ownership mindset—able to simplify complex problems, connect model outputs to business levers, and prioritize for impact.

Excellent communication skills—able to distill complex analyses and uncertainty into concise narratives for executive audiences.

Proven technical leadership—success leading critical projects and materially influencing the scope and output of other contributors.

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

#LI-NM4

#LI-REMOTE

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

$164,695—$339,078 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7366226/staff-data-scientist-forecasting/?gh_jid=7366226

Staff Data Scientist, Marketing Science | Pinterest | San Francisco / Seattle

 Staff Data Scientist, Marketing Science | Pinterest | San Francisco / Seattle

Staff Data Scientist, Marketing Science

San Francisco / Seattle Engineering Regular

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.

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. Brands and products are a critical piece of this journey, enabling Pinners to move easily from inspiration to action and advertisers to realize value in connecting with users with high commercial intent.

As Pinterest continues to scale, we need insightful analyses and actionable recommendations to help maximize value to both Pinners and advertisers. Tasked with such vision, we are looking for data scientists to jump start Pinterest’s Marketing Science team. You will take end-to-end ownership of designing, researching, building, and delivering data products as well as collaborate with XFNs to formulate, experiment, and evolve Pinterest’s best practice guides to advertiser performance. You will support strategic planning, marketing events, earnings releases, and other efforts with powerful data narratives.

What you’ll do:

Research and analyze what drives performance on our platform for advertisers.

Monitor key trends in ads performance to identify and scale platform-level improvement opportunities and/or flag and mitigate risks of reduction.

Equip the business with data-backed recommendations that deliver the strongest performance outcomes, tailored to key advertiser segments, defined by dimensions including marketing objective, campaign type or measurement source of truth, etc.

Creating and tracking metrics around advertiser value.

Identify the right framework to quantify the value Pinterest provides to advertisers, and drive XFN alignment on implement and monitor those metrics as north stars of success.

Improve decision velocity and quality using data scientist tool kit: experimentation, causal inference techniques, etc. Design measurement strategy, advise on experimentation best practices, identifying flaws in experiment practices and results; building tools for experiment analysis etc.

Leadership: Lead and mentor the scope of work for data scientists in the same area, demonstrating high-quality output of both yourself and others for whom you are responsible. Provide continuous and candid feedback, recognizing individual strengths and contributions and flagging opportunities to improve performance.

What we’re looking for:

MS or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience

8+ years of experience applying data science to solve real-world problems on web-scale data

Domain expertise about ads platforms and products, particularly around measurement and performance

Strong fundamentals in statistics, particularly experimentation and causal inference

Proficiency in common data science coding languages such as SQL and Python.

Proven track record of driving data science projects and/or initiatives in a cross-functional team including both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong communication skills. Explains work and thought processes clearly, concisely and convincingly.

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 1x week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices: Seattle, San Francisco and Palo Alto.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

#LI-NM4

#LI-HYBRID

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

$193,759—$339,078 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7381300/staff-data-scientist-marketing-science/?gh_jid=7381300

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, User Understanding | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Staff Machine Learning Engineer, User Understanding | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, User Understanding

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

The User Understanding team develops state-of-the-art models and systems to deeply understand the evolving interests, intents and tastes of our 500M+ Pinterest users, which power the personalization of Pinterest products across Discovery (Homefeed, Search, Related Pins), Ads, and Growth. As the Staff Machine Learning Engineer of the User Understanding team, you will set technical vision, lead the team in building next-generation user understanding models, and partner cross-functionally to deliver more relevant and personalized experiences to our users.

What you'll do:

Lead and mentor a team of experienced machine learning engineers in developing advanced user understanding models and systems, which are integral to key Pinterest products across Discovery, Ads, and Growth.

Collaborate cross-functionally with partners in Product, Data Science, and Engineering to define strategy, set priorities, and effectively integrate user insights into core systems and product features.

Drive experimentation and adoption of new user understanding models with product teams across Pinterest, ensuring measurable end-to-end impact on key metrics.

Manage project execution and stakeholder communication, including roadmap planning, technical decision-making, risk mitigation, and progress updates to achieve business goals.

Provide thought leadership in user modeling and recommender systems by setting a long-term technical vision and advancing the state-of-the-art in the field.

What we’re looking for:

Hands-on experience developing and deploying large-scale machine learning systems in search, recommendation or advertising.

Demonstrated ML expertise with a proven track record of impactful solutions and a deep understanding of large scale distributed systems.

6+ years of industry experience in applied machine learning or closely related roles.

Strong technical leadership, including a passion for driving technical direction, system architecture, and designing robust, scalable ML solutions.

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as computer science or equivalent experience.

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.

#LI-DM57

#LI-REMOTE

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

$189,308—$389,753 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7339274/staff-machine-learning-engineer-user-understanding/?gh_jid=7339274

Staff Software Engineer, Product Safety | Pinterest | San Francisco / Seattle / Los Angeles / New York

 Staff Software Engineer, Product Safety | Pinterest | San Francisco / Seattle / Los Angeles / New York

Staff Software Engineer, Product Safety

San Francisco / Seattle / Los Angeles / New York Engineering Regular

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.

What you’ll do:

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, reliable, and scalable backend systems for private profiles, user blocking and other user safety features

Collaborate with front-end developers, UX/UI designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality products

Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical roadmap planning

What we’re looking for:

8+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend engineering

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Expertise in programming languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js

Extensive experience with RESTful API design and development

Experience with front-end development

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science or a related field

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to design scalable, high-performance systems

In-Office Requirement Statement:

This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/per quarter and therefore can be situated in our offices in either Bay Area, Seattle, New York, or Los Angeles.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

#LI-HYBRID

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

$208,454—$364,795 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7403341/staff-software-engineer-product-safety/?gh_jid=7403341

Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote 

Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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 seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering focused on managing and optimizing the ML infrastructure. The team is responsible for efficiently managing one of the largest-scale cloud-native infrastructures in the world. This role is highly impactful, as efficiency is an ongoing strategic priority for Pinterest. The role has direct visibility across Pinterest Engineering and with Engineering and company leadership. The team is looking for a candidate with a strong background in ML Infrastructure, focusing on efficiency and optimization.

What you’ll do

Manage the ML hardware capacity that powers the models running at Pinterest

Improve the efficiency of ML Infrastructure at Pinterest

Build develop and mature profiling and optimization capabilities for ML Infrastructure at Pinterest scale

Collaborate with ML Platform, Infrastructure Engineering and SRE teams in their mission to deliver highly available, resilient, secure and efficient ML foundations for Pinterest’s tech stack

What we’re looking for:

Deep understanding of GPU Architectures, Pytorch, etc.

Deep understanding of supporting parts of ML software stack like Scheduling, Data and Storage

Hands on experience with shared platforms like Kubernetes

Strong technical and performance engineering skills to collaborate with stakeholders on complex and ambiguous technical challenges

Experience building and managing highly available distributed applications at scale

Proficiency in software development languages such as Java, Python and C++

Excellent skills in communicating complex technical issues

Understanding of ML Models, Kernels and optimization opportunities

Hands-on experience with large, cloud-native multi-tenant platforms at Internet scale

Experience with AWS or similar cloud environments

Deep understanding of infrastructure capacity and performance

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

#LI-REMOTE

#LI-JT1

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

$177,185—$364,795 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7167271/staff-software-engineer-capacity-engineering/?gh_jid=7167271

Staff Software Engineer, Stream Processing Platform | Pinterest | Seattle / Remote

 Staff Software Engineer, Stream Processing Platform | Pinterest | Seattle / Remote

Staff Software Engineer, Stream Processing Platform

Seattle / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

We’re seeking a software engineer to help Pinterest build and lead the next generation of stream processing platform and infrastructure. You’ll be working on some of the most exciting big data open source technologies (Flink, Kafka, RocksDB, and more), at the scale of tens of millions of messages per second with terabytes of data to help Pinners discover and do what they love.

What you’ll do:

Lead the strategy and technical direction of Pinterest’s Streaming platform

Improve and customize the internals of open source Flink to meet our challenges at scale and actively participate in open source community

Build and scale stream processing frameworks and infrastructure to process millions of messages per second with terabytes of state

Work with internal customers on critical business use cases that rely on low latency stream processing

Provide thought leadership to the entire company on how real-time data should be processed and stored more reliably, quickly and efficiently at scale

Contribute to the team’s technical vision and long-term roadmap

What we’re looking for:

8+years of industry experience with a proven track record of technical excellence

5+ years of experience of building and support large scalable big data infrastructure/platform

4+ years of experiences in contributing to open-source Flink or streaming technologies

Deep knowledge of big data technologies (e.g.Flink, Spark, Hadoop, Parquet/ORC, Flink)

Experience in leading cross-team engineering efforts

Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Scala, Python)

Experiences in Kubernetes and AWS technologies

BS+ degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science OR equivalent experience

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

#LI-HYBRID

#LI-AH2

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

$177,185—$364,795 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7239289/staff-software-engineer-stream-processing-platform/?gh_jid=7239289

Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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 helps Pinners discover and do what they love. Homefeed is literally the first surface Pinners see when they open the app and so it forms the front-and-center of the Pinterest experience for 400M+ pinners every month. The Homefeed Relevance team’s mission is to recommend inspiring & engaging pins for all our Pinners. We are looking for a Tech Lead Architect who can drive cross-team engineering efforts for shipping ML-driven product experiences to our pinners. You'll have the opportunity to work on various innovative projects of new product experiences, build large-scale low-latency systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models, and deliver great impact to our pinners and business metrics.

What you'll do:

Improve relevance and the user experience on Homefeed

Work on state-of-the-art large-scale applied machine learning projects

Improve the efficiency and reliability of large-scale data processing and ML inference pipeline

Improve our engineering systems to improve the latency, capacity, stability and reduce infra cost

What we're looking for:

Languages: Python, Java

Machine Learning: PyTorch, Tensorflow

Big data processing: Spark, Hive, MapReduce

7+ years experience with Recommender system or User modeling, implementing production ML systems at scale

7+ years experience with large scale distributed backend service

Experience in working in Deep learning and Generative AI models

Experience in closely collaborating with product managers / designers to ship ML-driven user-facing product

Bachelors in computer science or equivalent experience

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/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

#LI-REMOTE

#LI-DM57

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

$227,871—$469,147 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/6908633/sr-staff-machine-learning-engineer-homefeed/?gh_jid=6908633

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Core Foundations | Pinterest | Seattle / Remote

 Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Core Foundations | Pinterest | Seattle / Remote

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Core Foundations

Seattle / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

The Core Retrieval Infrastructure team is responsible for building and maintaining the large-scale, high-performance retrieval (search) platforms that power recommendations on Pinterest. These platforms offer several retrieval paradigms (token, embedding, hybrid (token + embedding), graph), and support all product surfaces on Pinterest including Homefeed, Search, Closeup, and Shopping.

What you’ll do:

Shape the technical strategy for retrieval platforms at Pinterest and guide the team to implement industry-leading advancements and address emerging product needs within Pinterest

Design and build large-scale, high-performance, reliable retrieval platforms, which index and serve 1B+ documents to 100M+ Pinners

Drive cross-team collaborations to innovate on the frontier of search and recommendations

Mentor senior engineers on the team and support them in honing their technical and leadership skills

What we’re looking for:

10+ years of relevant industry experience (4+ years in retrieval infrastructure)

2+ years of experience working as a technical lead, leading efforts across teams and organizations

Experience building large-scale, high-performance distributed systems supporting consumer applications, such as search, recommendations, or ads

Expertise in a compiled programming language, such as C++ (preferred), Java, or Rust

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience

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 half and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices: San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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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

$208,592—$429,454 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/7403570/sr-staff-software-engineer-core-foundations/?gh_jid=7403570

Principal Engineer, Ads Measurement | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

 Principal Engineer, Ads Measurement | Pinterest | San Francisco / Remote

Principal Engineer, Ads Measurement

San Francisco / Remote Engineering Regular

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.

This Principal Engineer L18 IC role on the Monetization Team requires a senior technical leader with a strong background in both core software engineering and machine learning. This role will lead the development and execution of the technical strategy for ad products that cater to both end users and advertisers on the platform. The individual we hire will oversee the core technical outputs of approximately 200 engineers and remain a hands-on contributor, shipping their own deliverables in the process. The ideal candidate is a brilliant technical contributor with a proven history of delivering complex architectural solutions within the ads domain.

What you'll do:

Lead and mentor engineering teams, inspiring innovation and excellence, while fostering future technical leaders within the organization.

Architect and implement cutting-edge strategies to refine advertiser experiences and launch user-centric products.

Guide and evaluate complex technical plans, ensuring they align with Pinterest’s strategic objectives and elevate operational efficiency.

Proactively manage project milestones, anticipate risks, and adapt strategies to ensure timely, successful delivery.

Oversee projects that improve developer efficiency, service reliability, and engineering quality, promoting best practices in software architecture.

Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business goals, and drive consensus on strategic initiatives.

Lead development initiatives that leverage new generative AI models and strategies to enhance product offerings, ensuring alignment with business goals.

Champion best practices and drive architectural improvements that enhance system performance and extensibility.

What we're looking for:

Masters or Bachelor's degree with relevant experience in computer science or a closely related discipline.

10+ years of professional experience in software engineering.

5+ years of professional experience in machine learning engineering.

Robust comprehension of advertising technology.

Demonstrated ability to lead significant technical initiatives across organizations, with an emphasis on scalability, quality, and maintainability.

Recognized as a thought leader, driving strategic outcomes while promoting a culture of accountability and diversity.

Proven experience shipping products which leverage generative ai technologies.

Fundamental understanding of machine learning systems and the capacity to guide decisions regarding build, leverage, or acquisition.

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.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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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

$242,634—$499,541 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.

https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/6708202/principal-engineer-ads-measurement/?gh_jid=6708202