Pinterest engineering

Google / Eng
SMDj70

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SMDj70
Mar 25, 2018 27 Comments

Considering an offer there. How much do you believe the work is interesting from an ml perspective and how is the relationship with the pm team? Any view on which products gets the most visibility internally?

Also, how do the levels map to say fb or google levels? I know of levels.fyi but Pinterest isn’t there.

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  • Google / Eng
    SMDj70

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    SMDj70
    OP
    Thanks! How is the relationship with the pm team? Some people told me that most decisions come from pms without engineering involvement but some other people are saying otherwise and so I’d like to know more :)
    Mar 25, 2018 3
    • Pinterest / Eng
      deR492

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      deR492
      Highly team dependant. I would agree with above poster - some eng do a lot of innovating on their end with little pm involvement (this is my case). Honestly I'd like a bit more pm interaction but it works out quite well. Organic side might be different, I work on ads.
      Mar 25, 2018
    • FYI for SMDj70 I work on organic.
      Mar 26, 2018
  • Our levels are meant to map 1:1 to Google/FB.
    Mar 25, 2018 3
    • Google / Eng
      SMDj70

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      SMDj70
      OP
      Well, i have been at both google and fb, overall I found the level largely match. But maybe you meant to ask, does Pinterest tend to promo quickly like fb and has a up or out culture until l5?
      Mar 25, 2018
    • Pinterest does not have an up or out culture till L5. But average promo time from 3 to 5 might be similar to those companies.
      Mar 25, 2018
  • Work is interesting and unique technically and teams are small, so there are good opportunities for both ML and infra work in many teams. Discovery, content and ads all have solid opportunities for experienced ML engineers.

    Levels map closely to Google/FB. Possibly we have fewer very senior levels (7+) relative to those places.
    Mar 25, 2018 0
  • LinkedIn / Eng
    eUJC78

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    Microsoft
    eUJC78
    Going there soon, feeling like the people are really nice and looks like will be working on fun stuff. Seems like the team you talked about are really close to the one I’m joining :)
    Mar 28, 2018 1
  • Apple
    jvSQ82

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    jvSQ82
    What’s your offer ?
    Mar 26, 2018 1