Pinterest-posted 4 months ago
$177,309 - $310,291/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
San Francisco, CA
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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 to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible. Within the Ads Delivery team, we try to connect the dots between the aspirations of Pinners and the products offered by our partners. We are looking for a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer/Economist with a strong theoretical and data analysis background that understands market design concepts and has the engineering skills to bring them to market. We are looking for an economist who can get their hands dirty and work side by side with other engineers, to advance the efficiency of the Pinterest Marketplace. The nature of projects within this team require a deep understanding of trade-offs, founded on both economic theory and data analysis, from the ideation phase all the way to launch review.

  • Build statistical models and production systems to improve marketplace design and operations for Pinners, Partners, and Pinterest.
  • Tune marketplace parameters (e.g., utility function), optimize ad diversity and load, implement auctions, and model long‑term effects to reduce ad fatigue and improve advertiser outcomes.
  • Define and implement experiments to understand long term Marketplace effects.
  • Develop strategies to balance long and short term business objectives.
  • Drive multi-functional collaboration with peers and partners across the company to improve knowledge of marketplace design and operations.
  • Application areas: marketplace performance analysis, advertiser churn/retention modeling, promotional bandwidth allocation, ranking/pricing/mechanism design, bidding/budgeting innovation, and anticipating second‑order effects for new ad offerings.
  • MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics or related field.
  • 2+ years of industry experience.
  • Knowledge in auction theory and econometrics; excellent data analysis skills.
  • Strong software engineering and mathematical skills; proficient with statistical methods.
  • Practical understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques.
  • Impact‑oriented, strong ownership, clear communicator, and collaborative.
  • Ads domain knowledge a major plus.
  • Base salary range: $177,309—$310,291 USD.
  • Eligible for equity.
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