Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Trust & Safety

Pinterest • San Francisco, CA

82d • $249,900 - $480,238

About The Position

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. We are looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer, a senior technical visionary, to be the Principal Technical Lead for the Trust Engineering team setting up overall technical strategy, unified technical architecture and defining a roadmap for industry leading methodology. Strong hands on machine learning background including deep learning architectures, generative AI, low-resource ML (zero shot, few shot), responsible AI and large scale deployment and measurement is required. As the Principal T&S Tech Lead you'll be responsible for the technical direction, strategy and health of our Trust Engineering org. You'll ensure that our technology can deliver on the business/product requirements necessary to keep Pinterest safe and positive.

Requirements

• Deep expertise building large scale ML systems at scale with modern frameworks
• Knowledge of (and a passion for) building responsible and quality first discovery surfaces
• Track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects across multiple organizations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally

Responsibilities

• Develop strong partnerships with product teams to understand and proactively address future technology needs and current developer pain points
• Champion and drive large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that improve the trust and safety of our platform
• Act as the ultimate 'customer representative' for engineers on Trust including representing needs to leadership and prioritizing projects on the platform teams that ensure high quality capabilities and a world-class Pinner experience
• Scale your leadership through both direct mentorship and via best practices, processes, training and tools
• Ensure solid technical plans are in place for projects within Trust via direct review or delegation
• Be the technical point of contact for decisions that impact the whole Pinterest platform and for cross-functional partners like policy, operations and legal

Benefits

• Base salary range of $249,900-$480,238 USD
• Equity eligibility
• Flexible working model with in-office collaboration once per quarter

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees