Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering-Applied Research
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 78 days Pinterest's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pinterest's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinterest
- high 189 stale, 10 reposted of 190 open
- Hiring momentum
- 330 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinterest's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinterest.
About this role
The Sr. Manager of Machine Learning Engineering-Applied Research at Pinterest will lead a team focused on developing next-generation recommendation systems. This role involves managing technical strategy, mentoring team members, balancing short-term and long-term project goals, and collaborating with various engineering and product teams to implement innovative machine learning solutions.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 7+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying state-of-the-art ML technologies to real-world problems on web-scale data
- 3+ years of direct people management experience
- A track record of delivering high-impact initiatives across multiple product areas
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and up-leveling software and machine learning engineers
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex technical findings for leadership and product teams
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field
Nice to have
- Experience managing hybrid teams of research-oriented scientists and production-focused machine learning engineers
- Track record of publishing at top-tier ML/RecSys conferences (KDD, RecSys, NeurIPS, CVPR)
- Familiarity with generative AI for recommendations or deep RL for long-term user value optimization
- Experience leveraging modern LLM/Agentic workflows and generative AI
What you get
- Base salary range of $227,871 — $469,147 USD
- Eligible for equity
Worth weighing
- The role requires in-office collaboration 1-2 times per quarter, which may not suit all remote work preferences
- No relocation assistance is offered for this position
Summarised from Pinterest's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pinterest on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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