Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Pinterest
Ads Content Quality
$206.5-361k
Plus equity
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Open for applications
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$206.5-361k
Plus equity
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- MS or Ph.D degree in Computer Science, Machine learning, Statistics, or related field
- Experience in both designing and implementing large scale ML applications. Experience with policy enforcement is a strong plus
- Rich experience in leveraging ML technologies in Ads delivery, and deep understanding of delivery tech stack and product development cycle
- Strong execution skills in project management, with the leadership capability for XFN projects
- Experience using LLM, multi-modal modeling, etc is a strong plus
What the job involves
- The Ads content quality team is responsible for developing ML models that support policy enforcement, develop deep knowledge about content quality, and ultimately, delivering positive Pinner and advertiser experiences
- Own the technical direction of Ads content integrity and quality at Pinterest
- Serve as technical authority for engineering design and implementation of end to end systems to identify and address policy violations, and developing content quality signals for delivery of relevant high-performing ads
- Work with a diverse group of engineers and program managers within the monetization group, and devise effective technical strategy and roadmap
- Be hands-on and develop models and systems that lead to step-function improvements of Ads products. Serve as a technical mentor to team members, setting an example for best practices and impact
- Research and apply cutting edge ML techniques, like LLM, multi-modal modeling, distillation, human-in-the-loop systems, etc. to enable Pinterest to be a safe and performant advertising platform
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 Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.
Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.
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Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Ben Silbermann
(CEO)Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest
People progressing
Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.
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