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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . We’re looking for an Engineering Manager I to lead a high-impact team building and supporting Pinterest’s 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 you’ll 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,
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From $192.9K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . Pinterest is hiring a Director, Marketing Technology & Innovation, the most senior technology leader within our Marketing, Creative and Communications organization. To start, you will lead a hybrid team of Technical Program Managers (TPMs), AI Solutions Engineers, and third party platform engineering partners. This role starts as a player-coach. You will be hands-on alongside your teams, finding resourceful solutions as the function takes shape, with the autonomy to make a few strategic hires as it grows. The right person is a genuine leader and developer of people who has not lost touch with the technology itself, still knows how to build and close enough to the stack to make smart decisions and earn the trust of both marketers and engineers. What you'll do: Lead AI Solutions & Platform and Tools Own the AI roadmap and intake proc
From $118.9K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . We are looking for inquisitive, well-rounded Android engineers to join our [Platform / Product] engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought-provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release. What you’ll do: Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation &
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . What you’ll do: Lead a cross-platform team responsible for image rendering and video playback across Pinterest apps and web. Set the team’s technical direction and drive execution on quality, performance, and reliability for media experiences. Partner closely with Media Transcoding, Performance, Data Science, Product and Infrastructure teams to improve how media is delivered and experienced across Pinterest. Drive initiatives to reduce media load times, improve playback smoothness, and ensure high visual quality at scale. Guide the team through platform and architectural decisions, balancing product needs, technical investments, and long-term maintainability. Build and grow a high-performing team through hiring, coaching, and developing engineers. Raise the bar on engineering excellence through strong operational practices, performance mea
From $163.6K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . As a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager for Search Signals at Pinterest, you will lead company-level programs that are foundational to Pinterest’s strategic transformation into a shopping and inspiration platform. This role is responsible for driving innovation and execution across offsite signals, content understanding, and relevance, with direct impact on multiple company OKRs. You will operate at the intersection of technical depth, cross-org influence, and long-term business strategy, shaping the future of search and personalization at Pinterest. What you’ll do: Strategic Leadership & Vision Envision and trailblaze the company’s approach to leveraging offsite and onsite signals, anticipating future business, technical, and regulatory challenges. Drive the creation and evolution of the company-wide roadmap for signals,
From $101.7K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . Pinterest is where inspiration leads to action. As an Industry Manager II, you will lead a team of sellers responsible for helping advertisers grow through Pinterest’s advertising solutions. This role is focused on strong frontline leadership: coaching sellers, driving day-to-day execution, and helping the team deliver against established revenue goals. This role is well suited for a newer people leader or a high-performing seller with leadership potential who is ready to step into people management. The ideal candidate brings strong sales fundamentals, credibility with clients, and the ability to coach others on core sales skills. They may be early in their people-management journey, but they are excited to develop talent, build team culture, and lead from the front. What you’ll do: Lead and support a team of Mid-Market sellers focused on achie
From $177.2K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . Intro : The Trends & Insights Engineering team builds the products that turn Pinterest's unique signal what hundreds of millions of people are planning, dreaming about, and shopping for into actionable intelligence for advertisers. As a Manager on this team, you'll lead the technical evolution of Pinterest Trends and Audience Insights into a unified, AI-powered insights platform that shapes how advertisers plan campaigns, allocate budget, and create content across the Pinterest Ads ecosystem.. What you’ll do: Lead and grow a team of engineers building Pinterest Trends, Audience Insights, and the next generation of AI-powered advertiser insights products. Translate the team's vision into a cohesive roadmap and delivery plan, sequencing key 2026 bets such as Trends Digest, Moments, Topics expansion, Product Attributes, and the aud
From $75.2K/yr
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. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll 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 . About tvScientific by Pinterest We are the first CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. For game developers and publishers, we bridge the gap between massive TV reach and granular User Acquisition (UA) metrics. Built by ad-tech veterans, our platform combines media buying, optimization, and MMP attribution to help gaming brands automate CTV campaigns, drive app installs, and maximize Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). Join the tvScientific by Pinterest team as a Client Account Manager II, where you'll lead strategic client relationships, drive revenue growth, and ensure client success on our cutting-edge platform. As a Client Account Manager II on our team, you'll be responsible for managing a portfolio of key enterprise client accounts, developing and executing strategic account plans, and driving revenue growth through
From $212K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: Airbnb's Security Engineering organization protects a global community of millions of Hosts and guests. The Cloud & Data Security team is responsible for the security of the infrastructure and data platforms that Airbnb runs on - spanning cloud environments, data infrastructure, identity and access, and the paved roads that engineering teams build on every day. We partner closely with other Information Security teams, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Platform, and Enterprise teams to make secure the easiest path for engineers to take. The Difference You Will Make: As the Engineering Manager for Cloud & Data Security, you will lead a team of security engineers responsible for securing Airbnb's cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and the controls that govern how sensitive data is accessed and moved. You will set the team's technical direction, coach engineers through complex architectural work, and partner across the company to raise the bar on how Airbnb builds and operates its infrastructure. You will own the team's roadmap, its people, and its outcomes, building a durable, high-trust function that shifts security left through paved roads, automation, and deep partnership with the teams you protect. A Typical Day: Lead and grow a team of security engineers focused on cloud infrastructure security, data security, and identity and access controls. Set and drive the team's roadmap in alignment with organizational security priorities, balancing embedded partnership with high-leverage automation and paved-road investment. Partner with Infrastructure, Data Platform, and Application Se
From $132K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Gathering Programs Manager is responsible for end-to-end delivery and adaptation of regional Gathering & Culture programs, ensuring they support business priorities and drive meaningful connection across markets. The Difference You Will Make: This role translates global strategy into regional execution—owning programs and driving consistency and impact across locations. The individual is a strong program manager who can handle complexity, operate with autonomy, and influence stakeholders. A Typical Day: Core Program Ownership Own delivery of Host Check-In (2-day program) across EMEA, APAC, and/or AMER, ensuring consistency, quality, and continuous improvement. Lead New Hire Connection programs in-region, adapting central strategy to market needs and ensuring high-quality delivery. Own New Hire Connection for Global Ops (Dublin, Montreal and India), coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring alignment with business needs. Drive execution of Tech moments (Hackathons, Tech Days, AI Excellence Days) for key tech audiences (Seattle, NYC, Bengaluru, Beijing), ensuring relevance and strong participant experience. Regional Adaptation & Program Management Adapt global Gathering & Culture strategy to local market context. Manage end-to-end delivery of programs across multiple markets. Ensure consistency of experience while allowing for cultural nuance. Tier 1 Event Ownership Act as primary owner for Tier 1 events in-region: Lead co-design with stakeholders Drive pre-production and execution Ensure events are tailored to local team needs and business pr
From $168K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: Airbnb is redefining the world's approach to accommodation and travel. We are creating highly local, personal and authentic experiences for our host and guest community around the world. Our platform connects millions of people a year and furthers our mission to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. To power the global Airbnb community, we are building a world-class payments platform - one that currently supports 191 countries, 63 currencies, connects dozens of payment providers and banks, and processes billions of dollars per year for all of Airbnb’s business units. As the platform grows, we’ll be adding new payment partners, establishing licensed payments companies around the world, and building innovative payment experiences and financial products for our guests and hosts. Our goal? To create a future where transparent, simple, and familiar payment solutions can empower people, entrepreneurs and communities on our global marketplace. The Difference You Will Make: Airbnb is seeking an experienced and strategic Payment Partnerships Manager to drive the vision, execution, and ongoing performance of our partner network supporting how we pay out to our global host community across 200+ markets. Reporting to the Head of Payment Partnerships, this role is pivotal in managing the partnerships that ensure our hosts are paid reliably, efficiently, compliantly and in alignment with our growth and platform goals. You will lead business development, deal negotiation, and strategic relationship management for a portfolio of high-value payment partners. With a focus on impact a
From $179K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: We’re looking for people who know and use Airbnb and believe in what we’re trying to accomplish. Airbnb is a marketplace that connects guests and hosts, and Payments is central to creating the trust that makes every transaction possible. The Platform team plays the role of conductor, leveraging AI prototyping to bring together engineers, designers, and data scientists to build great product experiences. Our Payments Platform Managers define and execute roadmaps for their product areas, translating organizational priorities into clear plans, requirements, and measurable outcomes. The Difference You Will Make: We are building foundational platform capabilities that require expertise and experience with digital wallets and identity services, and how they interact with payment services for our guests and hosts across the world. The Senior Platform Manager, Accounts will help shape the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Payment Accounts area, and lead execution of cross-functional initiatives with partner teams across Payments, Trust, Guest & Host, and Compliance. This is a highly strategic role with a mandate to define and build new platform capabilities and initiatives from the ground up. You will own how this platform scales to many different guest and host use cases, and support business outcomes on guest and host services. You will partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, data scientists, marketplace businesses and operations to build and scale these capabilities. You will also work closely with external enterprise partners and identit
From $248K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Data Stewardship team is a group of passionate data practitioners with a diverse background in analytics, data modeling, governance, compliance, and scaled data quality. We are responsible for ensuring Airbnb is meeting its compliance obligations across our data ecosystem and ensuring data consumers are able to easily identify the best data for their needs. We support the pipelines, programs, and policy-bodies that make this possible. You’ll be part of the overall Data Infrastructure organization that is responsible for online and offline data infrastructure across the company, and the components that transition data between these environments. The Difference You Will Make Set the North Star: you will define the multi-year vision for Data Governance and Data Quality that scales with our global business and evolving AI landscape. Organizational Influence: Act as a primary consultant for executive leadership on data governance, ensuring that compliance and stewardship are integrated into the data product lifecycle from day one. A Typical Day Architect Ecosystems: Lead the design of overarching data architectures that don't just solve today’s batch needs but anticipate future real-time and AI-driven requirements. Scale Best Practices: Rather than just "ensuring quality," you will define the best practices, tooling, and culture that enable data organizations to maintain high-quality data autonomously. Policy Stewardship: Lead cross-functional task forces (Infosec, Legal, Privacy) to navigate complex regulatory landscapes (like GDPR or AI Act) and translate them int
From $139K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Cities team leads the work necessary to implement the regulatory products and processes needed globally to comply with regulations, and does so in a manner that also sustainably supports Airbnb’s growth. The Difference You Will Make: We are seeking an operator who is exceptionally effective, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and an excellent communicator. In this role, you will help us scale regulatory compliance strategies and programs for jurisdictions, presenting to cross-functional peers and leadership. You will be the accountable owner for compliance programs, aligning strategy and execution across disparate stakeholders. You will have an eye towards scale, testing, and iterating to further the capacity of the team. You are both scrappy and polished, enabling you to move quickly while bringing stakeholders along. Ultimately your work will support our Stays business and partnerships with jurisdictions around the world, keeping Airbnb a trusted community. A Typical Day: Develop and drive regulatory initiatives that unlock supply growth and proactively address risks Lead the development and execution of successfully scaled programs across discrete compliance verticals. Create an operational rhythm and manage cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring initiatives are on track, and maintaining project documentation Analyze strategic opportunities for risk reduction across jurisdictions, partner with Engineering, Data Science, Policy and Legal to align roadmaps, and drive successful execution with measurable impact Support strategic projects to drive efficiency and e
From $200K/yr
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join The Airfam Products team empowers every Airbnb employee to access company information with ease, feel more connected to their colleagues, and experience a culture of belonging. We are the team behind Airbnb's internal digital headquarters — building the products that serve as the front door to company knowledge, community, and productivity for Airbnb's entire global workforce. The Difference You Will Make As the Product Manager for Airfam Products, you will own the strategic direction of Airbnb's employee-facing digital experience layer — a portfolio that touches every single employee every single day. You will set the product vision across One Airbnb, Chrome Tab, and Awedience, driving outcomes at the intersection of employee experience, AI-powered productivity, and organizational knowledge. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role. You will operate as the primary product voice for a domain that spans intranet, browser productivity, and internal events — partnering with EX, BizTech leadership, and platform teams to make deliberate, defensible decisions about what the team builds, when, and why. A Typical Day Define and maintain the product vision, strategy, and multi-horizon roadmap across One Airbnb, Chrome Tab, and Awedience Lead prioritization across a broad inbound request landscape, making clear, well-reasoned calls on what to build and what to decline Collaborate with engineering, design, and data science to ship high-quality features that improve employee productivity and connection Build alignment across cross-functional stakeholders including EX, Ground Control, Content
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