Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Pinterest
Ads Candidate Generation
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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
- 6+ years of industry experience building large scale production recommendation or search systems
- 2+ years of experience leading projects/teams
- Strong mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methods
- Cross-functional collaborator and strong communicator
- Experience in computational advertising is highly desirable, though not required
- Experience in advanced retrieval modeling is highly desirable, though not required
- Expertise in GPU model performance profiling and optimization is highly desirable, though not required
- Experience in utilizing large language models within production recommendation systems is highly desirable, though not required
What the job involves
- Within the Ads candidate generation team, our mission is to bridge the gap between the aspirations of Pinners and the products offered by our partners
- In this role, you will spearhead the developing and executing a visionary strategy to evolve our machine learning technology stack for Candidate Generators
- You'll tackle cutting-edge challenges, including managing an ever-growing corpus of billions of shopping ads, exploring model architectures beyond the traditional two-tower structure, modeling users’ long-short interests, and implementing sequential transducers for generative recommendations
- Additionally, you'll leverage large language models (LLMs) to enhance our recommendation systems and optimize dynamic quota allocation
- Your work will be instrumental in advancing the ML models that form the backbone of our ads retrieval and delivery processes, effectively connecting Pinners with our partners' offerings in this unique marketplace
- Be responsible for the development of state-of-the-art applied machine learning projects for ads candidate generation models
- GPU-based ads retrieval system that extends beyond the traditional two-towers model architecture
- Develop a unified retrieval model that leverages both organic and ad-related labels, as well as attributed conversion labels, to create a scenario-adaptive retrieval model
- Collaborate with the team to explore opportunities for leveraging LLMs to enhance recommendation quality
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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Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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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
People progressing
Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.
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