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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · Remote

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About Pinterest

Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.

About the role

As part of Pinterest Labs , you'll work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence along with a world-class team of research scientists and machine learning engineers. In this role, you will play a central part in transforming how content is discovered on Pinterest by driving the research, architecture, scale and production deployment of Generative Recommendation System (GenRec) and Reinforcement Learning solutions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • MS/PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant industry experience
  • Hands-on experience with large-scale recommendation system and reinforcement learning applications, experience with LLM/VLM post-training is a plus
  • Technical leadership and experience in driving ambiguous research problems into production deliverables
  • Publications at top ML conferences (e.g. KDD, NeurIPS, RecSys, etc.)
  • Cross-functional collaborator and strong communicator
More about this role

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

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 .

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