Ex-Googler leaves Pinterest to head up engineering at Lime

Li Fan, the former head of Google Image search, is trading her job as head of engineering at Pinterest Inc. for the same position at fast-growing dockless bike and scooter company Lime.Fan has also been a vice president of engineering at Chinese tech giant Baidu and joined Pinterest in September 2016.Her move to San Mateo-based Lime (whose legal name is Neutron Holdings Inc.) comes as CNBC reported this week that Pinterest is nearing $1 billion in revenue and working towards an IPO next year.Fan told CNBC in a prepared statement: "I joined Pinterest because I saw a rare opportunity to bring together my passions for engineering and art and build products to help hundreds of millions people discover and do what they love. I remain impressed by Pinterest and the unique technical and business opportunities that lay ahead for it. I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, and what the team will undoubtedly accomplish as it, the user base and product continue to grow."