Manager II, Trends Engineering

The Trends & Insights Engineering team at Pinterest builds products that turn Pinterest's unique signal into actionable intelligence for advertisers.

As a Manager II, Trends Engineering, you will lead the technical evolution of Pinterest Trends and Audience Insights into a unified, AI-powered insights platform.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a team of engineers building Pinterest Trends, Audience Insights, and AI-powered advertiser insights products.
• Translate the team's vision into a cohesive roadmap and delivery plan.
• Drive measurable advertiser impact by establishing a North Star tied to adoption, insight quality, and incremental ad spend.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and peer Ads org teams to embed insights and recommendations into Ads Manager, seller workflows, and other advertiser journeys.
• Set the technical bar for LLM-powered capabilities with strong safety, quality, and evaluation guardrails.
• Hire, mentor, and retain senior and staff engineering talent.
• Use AI to accelerate planning, technical exploration, and decision-making across the team.
• Use AI to automate repeatable management tasks.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing teams of 5+ engineers.
• Experience leading engineering teams that build and ship consumer-facing products.
• Experience managing engineers across multiple levels and helping teams improve in effectiveness, quality, and impact.
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, performance management, and team development.
• Strong product sense and strategic thinking.
• Solid technical foundation and the ability to engage in architecture, design reviews, and technical trade-offs.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, align cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver meaningful results.
• Expertise in using data and experimentation to inform product and engineering decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work.
• Strong track record of critically evaluating and verifying AI-assisted work.

Benefits:

• Base salary range: $177,185-$364,795 USD
• Equity
• In-office collaboration required once every quarter
• Flexible working model (PinFlex)