Senior ML Engineering Leader: Next-Gen RecSys

Pinterest; United States; Hybrid; USD 228,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a senior leader to own the technical roadmap for our next-generation recommendation systems, guiding ML research into scalable production and shaping the strategy across teams.

You will mentor engineers and researchers, collaborate with Core Eng, Ads Eng, Infrastructure, Content, and Data Science, and set the direction for the recommender system roadmap while balancing cutting-edge research with practical embedding initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of post-graduate and industry ML experience on web-scale data.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience.
• Track record of data-driven influence across multiple product areas.
• Publications in ML/AI/data science or related fields are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and strategic vision for Pinterest’s next-generation recommendation systems.
• Transition ML research into production-ready systems impacting core metrics.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of ML researchers and engineers.
• Collaborate with Core Eng, Ads Eng, Infrastructure, Content, and Data Science to prototype, build, and scale solutions.

Skills

Technical depth

Proven execution

Talent development

Continuous learner

Business acumen

Communication

Academic credentials

Publications

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Science/ML

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a senior leader to own the technical roadmap for our next-generation recommendation systems, guiding ML research into scalable production and shaping the strategy across teams.

You will mentor engineers and researchers, collaborate with Core Eng, Ads Eng, Infrastructure, Content, and Data Science, and set the direction for the recommender system roadmap while balancing cutting-edge research with practical embedding initiatives.