Engineering Manager I, Innovative Ad Formats

About Pinterest:

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At Pinterest AI isnt just a feature its a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact and were looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities well explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process what matters most is that you can always explain your approach showing us not just what you know but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

Were looking for an Engineering Manager I to lead a high-impact team building and supporting Pinterests mid-funnel ad products including Max-Width Collections Promoted Board Takeover Collage Ads Ads Modules Showcase Ads and Quiz Ads. This role owns a portfolio of revenue-critical time-sensitive products and is responsible for driving both the technical direction and execution needed to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

What youll do:

• Lead an engineering team delivering mid-funnel ad products end to end ensuring projects are well-scoped de-risked and shipped on time with strong performance against target metrics.
• Drive initiatives to apply AI across mid-funnel ad products using AI to accelerate prototyping experimentation and iteration while maintaining quality and safety.
• Champion AI adoption in developer workflows using AI to automate repeatable tasks (e.g. testing documentation code reviews) and improve engineering velocity and capacity.
• Use AI to synthesize complex inputs (metrics experiments user feedback incidents) into clear insights that inform roadmap tradeoffs and technical decisions.
• Serve as the engineering owner for this workstream: define the technical roadmap architecture and long-term vision in partnership with cross-functional partners (PM Design DS PMM).
• Actively contribute code and lead implementation of key projects setting a high technical bar and modeling best practices in design testing and observability.
• Build and maintain a healthy high-trust team culture providing coaching feedback and career development support to engineers at different levels.
• Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to align on priorities manage dependencies and communicate progress risks and outcomes clearly.
  
  

What were looking for:

• 5 years of industry experience building complex and user-facing products with clear accountability for timelines quality and business impact.
• 1 years of experienceleading or managing engineering teams including setting direction driving execution and supporting team members growth.
• Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day engineering workflow (e.g. prototyping code generation test creation documentation) with a clear approach to validating accuracy and robustness.
• Strong track record of critically evaluating AI-assisted work through testing source-checking data validation and peer review; you know when to trust when to verify and when to override.
• High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data avoid over-reliance on AI and remain fully accountable for final decisions shipped systems and team outcomes.
• Strong hands-on technical background in ads or similarly high-scale domains including designing and implementing core components in production.
• Exceptional collaboration skills with cross-functional partners with the ability to navigate ambiguity make tradeoffs and keep stakeholders aligned on priorities and progress.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science a related technical field or equivalent experience.
  
  

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 recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per quarter. Preference for commutable distance from one of the following offices: Palo Alto CA or San Francisco CA.

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