Sr. Manager
Core
Lead the strategy and technical roadmap for Pinterest's next-generation recommendation systems, managing a team of ML researchers and engineers to balance short-term business impact with long-term AI/ML research breakthroughs.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Recommendation Systems)
Builds
Next-generation recommendation systems (GenRecSys, Large Sequential Models, Reinforcement Learning)
Domain
Internet / Machine Learning / Recommendation Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Modern recommendation systems, Generative Recommendation Systems (GenRecSys), Large Sequential Models, Reinforcement Learning (RL), Web-scale ML, People management, Technical roadmap strategy, Research-to-production transition, Cross-functional partnership
Preferred skills
Hybrid team management (research scientists + production engineers), Top-tier ML/RecSys conference publications, Generative AI for recommendations, Deep RL, Modern LLM/Agentic workflows
Technologies
LLMs, GenRec architectures, Semantic indexing
Responsibilities
Own the technical roadmap and strategic vision for recommendation systems; Mentor and grow a world-class team of Applied Scientists and ML Engineers; Balance execution between near-term metric improvements and high-risk/high-reward research initiatives; Transition breakthrough ML research into production-ready systems; Collaborate with Consumer Engineering, Ads Engineering, and Data Science teams to scale solutions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management
