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Sr. Manager – Machine Learning Engineering – Representation Learning

Sr. Manager – Machine Learning Engineering – Representation Learning

CompanyPinterest
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA, Remote in USA
Salary$249900 – $514500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • 6+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying state-of-the-art ML technologies to solve real-world problems on web-scale data; 2+ years of management experience
  • Demonstrated execution and impact on initiatives that cross multiple product areas and interface with leadership and product teams with a track record of influencing leaders and peers using data
  • Experience mentoring and up-leveling other software engineers and machine learning engineers
  • Self-propelled continuous learner who keeps up with new tools and methodologies and builds prototypes with concepts learned
  • Strong business and product sense: delight in shaping vague questions into well-defined projects and success metrics that drive business decisions
  • Excellent communication skills: able to communicate findings with leadership and product teams, and track record of publications in machine learning, AI, data science, data analytics, statistics, or related technical fields
  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, lead, and develop a talented sub-team of machine learning researchers and engineers specializing in representation learning.
  • Partner with your team to define the sub-team’s charter, ensuring it prioritizes both cutting-edge research and building foundational embeddings that benefit various products across Pinterest.
  • Champion the use of state-of-the-art representation learning techniques to create efficient and effective embeddings.
  • Advocate for high quality decision-making and challenge decisions with highly biased data; bring a justified view of the trade-off between rigor and velocity.
  • Collaborate with data scientists and product partners to prototype, build and scale solutions to key challenges across Pinterest engineering teams.
  • Partner with leaders in the company to deepen user understanding and help set the strategic direction of our representation learning roadmap.

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.