Principal Engineer, AI Platform

1 hour, 20 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
DevOps and Infrastructure
Pinterest

Pinterest

Pinterest is the world's first visual discovery engine, offering a vast dataset of ideas with over 200 billion recipes, home hacks, and style inspiration. With a mission to inspire everyone to create a life they love, Pinterest empowers its employees t...

Internet Software & Services
5K-10K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Set the technical vision and roadmap for Pinterest’s AI Platform in alignment with business and company strategy.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives across generative AI, recommender systems, and AI-powered productivity tools.
  • Develop platform capabilities for multimodal data management, model post-training, evaluation, batch inference, and online inference.
  • Advance feature stores, model training infrastructure, and high-performance recommender-system inference.
  • Connect AI/ML lifecycle stages to automate user experiences and accelerate development.
  • Lead efforts spanning petabyte-scale data orchestration, model training, fine-tuning, and inference.
  • Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture and provide constructive feedback to team members.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in AI/ML infrastructure and distributed systems.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating highly available, production-grade systems at large scale.
  • Proficiency in at least one of C++, Java, or Rust.
  • Experience leading cross-organizational initiatives and defining technical strategy.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence architecture decisions, and align executives and cross-functional partners.
  • Strong ownership of end-to-end outcomes and commitment to high engineering quality, integrity, and accountability.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Ability to work within commuting distance of Palo Alto or San Francisco, with in-office collaboration required 1–2 times per quarter.
  • Relocation assistance is not available.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $242,634–$499,541 USD for US-based applicants.
  • Eligibility for equity compensation.
  • Flexible PinFlex working model.
  • Equal opportunity workplace with available medical and religious accommodations.

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