Pinterest hired a search specialist from Google

Senior engineer Google Image Search Randy Keller went to work at Pinterest. He took the newly created post of head of team search.

Keller has worked at Google for over 10 years. In his profile on LinkedIn says he worked in the division of the Image Search Quality and managed a team of 40 engineers. His duties included ensuring quality of search and implementing machine learning algorithms.

His decision to join the Pinterest team Keller commented:

Pinterest is the most exciting opportunity in visual discovery today, and I look forward to contributing my expertise in image search quality and ranking to the team responsible for helping millions of people discovery billions of ideas every day. Pinterest’s unprecedented data set presents new opportunities to build the next generation of search that’s personalized to each person on Pinterest.

Previously in September 2016, Pinterest hired a former head of search for Google image. She has served as Director Of Development.

Last week, the company introduced three innovations in the field of visual search technology:

• Lens, which is able to recognize the objects of the external world and look for them in the service;
• The function Shop The Look;
• Instant Ideas.