Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Pinterest
$176.9-364.3k
+ Eligible for equity
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Be an early applicant
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$176.9-364.3k
+ Eligible for equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- Languages: Python, Java
- Machine Learning: PyTorch, TensorFlow
- Big data processing: Spark, Hive, MapReduce
- Experience with search and in particular semantic relevance modeling (Preferred)
- Hands on experience leveraging LLMs and VLMs to drive product impact
- Strong modeling skills and experience working on problems like online/offline bias, scaling models, etc
- Experience with large scale systems
- Exposure to Generative AI models
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as computer science, or equivalent experience
- Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model
What the job involves
- Pinterest helps Pinners discover and do what they love. At the core of this discovery experience is Pinterest search. The Search Quality team is focused on making Pinterest search fast, personalized, and relevant for the billions of monthly searches.
- We seek a Tech Lead for ranking who can drive cross-team engineering efforts to deliver ML-driven product experiences to our Pinners. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects, build large-scale low-latency systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models, and significantly impact our Pinners and business metrics
- Build foundational models to do semantic search relevance
- Work with teams responsible for search full-stack to improve relevance at each stage
- Develop relevance focused signals (e.g. VLM based embeddings) that can be used in multiple models across the search stack
- Contribute towards the strategic vision and technical direction of highly visible initiatives
- Mentor a team of 5 engineers
- Work cross functionally with adjacent teams to drive cohesive modeling across the business
- 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
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.
Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ben Silbermann
(CEO)Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest
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