Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Programmatic Ads

About Pinterest

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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

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Salary and Benefits

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 completethis formfor support.

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