Staff Software Engineer, Pinterest

Ads ML Infrastructure

$148-304.5k

Python
Java
Tensorflow
C++
CUDA
PyTorch
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

Job no longer available

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Job no longer available

$148-304.5k

Python
Java
Tensorflow
C++
CUDA
PyTorch
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Role

Who you are

  • BS (or higher) degree in Computer Science, or a related field
  • 7+ years of relevant industry experience in leading the design of large scale & production ML infra systems
  • Deep knowledge with at least one state-of-art programming language (Java, C++, Python)
  • Deep knowledge with building distributed systems or recommendation infrastructure
  • Strong communicator and collaborative team player
  • [Preferred] Hands-on experience with at least one modeling framework (Pytorch or Tensorflow)
  • [Preferred] Hands-on experience with model / hardware accelerator libraries (Cuda, Quantization)

What the job involves

  • You’ll join a talented team with high impact, which designs high-performance and efficient ML systems, in order to power the most critical and revenue-generating models at Pinterest
  • Make significant contribution to build next generation model inference and feature serving systems for Pinterest ads which powers 100x bigger models
  • Opportunities to use cutting edge ML technologies including GPU and LLMs to empower 100x bigger models in next 3 years
  • Tons of ambiguous problems and you will be tasked with building 0 to 1 solutions for all of them

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

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.

Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Founders

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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