# Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Bidding & Pacing at Pinterest

- Company: Pinterest
- What the company does: Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.pinterest.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/?gh_jid=8238679&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pinterest-staff-machine-learning-engineer-ads-bidding-and-pacing/

## About the role

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## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of industry experience in ads delivery, automatic bidding / pacing, target ROAS bidding, ads marketplace / utility, or machine learning
- Proven Staff-level technical leadership as an IC: driving technical direction and cross-team alignment without formal people management
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality of your workflow, with a strong track record of validating and stress-testing AI-assisted outputs
- Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field
- Direct experience specifically with bidding or pacing is a big plus

Tags: EPD Ads and Ads Product

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pinterest-staff-machine-learning-engineer-ads-bidding-and-pacing/