Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Research

About Pinterest

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At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here .

At Pinterest Labs , you'll work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and multi-modal large language models along with a world-class team of research scientists, and machine learning engineers.

You'll conduct research that can be applied across Pinterest engineering teams and engage in external collaborations and mentoring, while also performing research in any of the following areas: natural language processing (NLP) and reasoning capability, computer vision for multi-modality, graph neural network, inclusive and responsible AI, reinforcement learning, user modeling, and recommender systems.

What you’ll do

Contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning and LLM that can be applied to Pinterest problems, especially search agent, recommendation agent, reason and planning agent

Collect, analyze, and synthesize findings from data and build intelligent data-driven model

Write clean, efficient, and sustainable code

Use machine learning, natural language processing, and graph analysis to solve modeling and ranking problems across growth, discovery, ads and search

Scope and independently solve moderately complex problems

What we’re looking for

MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field

6+ years of industry experience

Experience in machine learning/information retrieval

Mastery of at least one systems languages (Java, C++, Python) or one ML framework (Tensorflow, Pytorch, MLFlow)

Experience in research and in solving analytical problems

Cross-functional collaborator and strong communicator

Comfortable solving ambiguous problems and adapting to a dynamic environment

In-Office Requirement Statement

We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.

Relocation Statement

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here .

US based applicants only

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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