Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering, Core Engineering

Pinterest

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$189,308–$389,753 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $290k
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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $198,581–$259,212 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $290k versus about $229k for comparable roles.

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About Pinterest

Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.

Pinterest currently has 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $171,467–$339,078 across 35 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering, Core Engineering

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As a Machine Learning Engineering Manager II at Pinterest’s Core Engineering team, you will lead and mentor a high-performing team of engineers (L13 - L16) to build large-scale low-latency systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models that enhance the user experience for over 500 million monthly active users. Your responsibilities include driving technical direction, strategic planning, and execution across search, recommendations, notifications, and more, while collaborating closely with other engineering teams to ensure alignment with company goals. You will also hire and develop talent, provide visibility on team impact to senior leadership, and partner with product management, data scientists, and design to shape the future of personalization at Pinterest. The ideal candidate has a strong background in machine learning, recommendation systems, and experience managing large-scale production systems, along with expertise in natural language processing or computer vision.

Skills

Python Java Scala Kubernetes AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Docker CI/CD Spark Hadoop PostgreSQL MySQL Redis Elasticsearch TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn Kafka Zookeeper Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead technical direction and strategic planning for major areas of Pinterest's search, recommendations, notifications.
  • Mentor and manage a team of Machine Learning engineers to grow their careers and meet company goals.
  • Hire strong candidates to address team needs and build expertise within the organization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and drive product impact.
  • Provide senior leadership visibility on the team’s global impact and strategic initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience leading large-scale production systems.
  • Proven ability to define and execute strategic roadmaps for scalable machine learning systems.
  • Minimum 1 year managing a high-performing ML engineering team of 10+ members.
  • Strong focus on product impact and user experience in consumer-focused environments.
  • Extensive experience (8+) in software development with impactful solution delivery.

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