The Ads Late Funnel team at Pinterest aims to connect the aspirations of pinners with the products offered by partners. The role is responsible for developing and executing a vision for the evolution of the Pinterest marketplace, designing and implementing systems to improve the ads delivery funnel, experiments that shape the utility function, auction mechanism design, ad allocation, and deriving new insights through analysis of marketplace dynamics.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering and mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methods
- Hands-on experience with large-scale online e-commerce systems is a plus
- Background in computational advertising is preferred, but not required
Responsibilities
- Build and improve backend systems and statistical models that underlay the marketplace to maximize value for Pinners, Partners and Pinterest.
- Define and implement experiments to understand long term Marketplace effects
- Develop strategies to balance long and short term business objectives.
- Drive multi-functional collaboration with peers and partners across the company to improve knowledge of marketplace design and operations.
Other
- MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
- 8+ years of industry experience
- 2+ years of experience leading projects/teams
- US based applicants only
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