Job Details

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.

About the Responsible AI Team

The Responsible AI team is part of the Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), Pinterest's advanced machine learning team. ATG's goal is to keep Pinterest at the forefront of machine learning technology across multiple use cases including recommendations, ranking, content understanding, and more. It is an applied team that works horizontally across the company on state of the art AI and ML and works on directly bringing that technology to the product in collaboration with product engineering teams. The team also publishes its work in applied research conferences, but the main goal of the team is to have a direct impact on business metrics.

At Pinterest our goal is to inspire Pinners (our users) to live the life they love. The product is powered by state of the art ML algorithms which are used to understand both the billions of visually rich items on the platform and the interests of our 500M+ monthly active users and recommend inspiring personalized content to them.

What the Tech Lead Engineer will do

• Lead projects in the responsible AI frontier to identify, avoid, and mitigate bias across a wide range of ML applications at Pinterest including generative AI.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams (trust and safety, user modeling, content understanding) to leverage their platforms and signals and work with them to collaborate on the adoption and evaluation of Responsible AI practices and ML Fairness tooling across Pinterest.
• Mentor junior engineers on the Responsible AI team and across the company on the R-AI space.
• Work with the team and senior leaders at the company to define and drive technical strategy in this area.

What we're looking for

• Extensive, real-world experience applying advanced ML methods to production systems, with a strong track record in responsible technology – spanning fairness, ethics, and broader societal considerations.
• Deep familiarity with cutting‑edge ML architectures (e.g., transformer‑based models, 2‑tower architectures, LLMs) and their applications in large‑scale Search and Recommender Systems.
• Proven ability to measure, deploy, and refine fairness interventions and broader Responsible AI solutions at scale, bridging state‑of‑the‑art research with tangible product impact.
• 5+ years working experience in the engineering teams that build large‑scale ML‑driven user‑facing products.
• 2+ years experience leading cross‑team engineering efforts.
• Masters or PhD in Comp Sci or related fields.

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated track record in shaping and executing large‑scale technical roadmaps, balancing immediate needs with long‑term vision, defining clear OKRs, and orchestrating cross‑functional efforts to deliver production‑grade solutions that significantly enhance user experiences.
• Deep expertise in designing and scaling backend and ML systems for high‑traffic, user‑facing products, with a full‑stack understanding of system architecture, data pipelines, and model deployment workflows.
• Proven success in collaborating with engineering teams to deploy ML capabilities that improve fairness and reduce bias in recommendation, content understanding, and ranking systems at scale.

Relocation Statement

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In‑Office Requirement Statement

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

EEO Statement

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

Salary Range

$208,145 — $364,254 USD