**Who this is for** This position is for a senior technical leader with over a decade of engineering experience, specifically focused on the complex dynamics of
Work type: hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US
Salary: $314,580 – $550,515/yr
Type: Full-time
**Who this is for** This position is for a senior technical leader with over a decade of engineering experience, specifically focused on the complex dynamics of ad marketplaces and delivery systems. **Key highlights** You will architect the evolution of the Pinterest marketplace, designing the algorithms and utility functions that balance the needs of users, advertisers, and the company platform. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have 10+ years of professional engineering experience with a strong mathematical and statistical background. - Are highly experienced in computational advertising, auction mechanism design, or online marketplace dynamics. - Demonstrate a strong ability to drive cross-functional collaborations to improve system performance. - Are comfortable defining long-term technical visions for backend systems and statistical modeling.
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the [flexibility](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/) to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process [here](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/).
Within the Ads Delivery team, we try to connect the dots between the aspirations of pinners and the products offered by our partners. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing a vision for the evolution of the Pinterest marketplace. You will design and implement systems that improve the ads delivery funnel, experiments that shape the utility function, auction mechanism design, ad allocation and for deriving new insights through analysis of the marketplace dynamics. In short, this is a unique position, where you’ll get the freedom to work to bring together pinners and partners in this unique marketplace.
What you’ll do:
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$314,580—$550,515 USD