This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$225,000–$296,550
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$453k
versus about
$261k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
82 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$164,695–$337,990
across 82 roles with salary data.
Sr. Director, Engineering - TwoTwenty (Innovation Lab) leads a team of ten across machine learning engineering, software engineering, data science, and product management to develop visual-first AI products including assistants, generative AI creation tools, and editing experiences. This leader manages the technical strategy for the portfolio, balancing immediate shipping velocity with long-term bets on emerging capabilities while aligning mobile, backend, design, and LLM engineering under one vision. The role requires expertise in LLM/generative AI systems, mobile product engineering, or AI-driven experiences to manage agentic AI architectures involving tool-use and multi-step reasoning loops. Key responsibilities include scaling the organization, managing technical trade-offs, and building partnerships with core teams to integrate features into a large ecosystem. The role addresses the challenge of delivering high-scale visual discovery, search, recommendation systems, and taste graphs within a fast-paced innovation environment.
What does a Engineering Director earn?
Median $307000 from 31 postings across 22 companies.
LLM
Generative AI
AI Infrastructure
Agentic Systems
Orchestration
Personalization
System Reliability
Data Science
Evaluation Frameworks
Platform Engineering
Machine Learning
Recommendation Systems
LLM
Generative AI
NLP
Data Science
Agentic Workflows
Embeddings
Web-scale Data
Research to Production
ML Research
Robotics
Motion Control
Automation
Systems Engineering
Atmospheric Systems
Control Systems
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Risk Analysis
Verification and Validation
Software Interface