Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization Engineering

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CAPalo Alto, CASeattle, WA
Salary
$163,418–$285,982 / yr
Posted
7 days ago

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About Pinterest

Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.

Pinterest currently has 55 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $158,765–$320,320 across 55 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization Engineering

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer on Pinterest’s Monetization ML Engineering team, you will develop and execute a vision for advancing the machine learning technology stack within Ads. Your responsibilities include building cutting-edge deep learning models to personalize user experiences across various product surfaces like Homefeed, Ads, Growth, Shopping, and Search. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to experiment and improve ML models while leveraging data-driven methods to enhance content understanding using LLMs. This role requires hands-on experience in building large-scale machine learning systems and data processing pipelines, as well as expertise in recommendation systems and computational advertising.

What you'll do

  • Build cutting-edge technology using deep learning and machine learning to personalize Pinterest.
  • Experiment and improve ML models for product surfaces like Homefeed, Ads, Growth, Shopping, and Search.
  • Use data-driven methods to enhance candidate retrieval in recommendation systems.
  • Stay updated with industry trends in recommendation systems and apply them.
  • Leverage LLMs to improve content understanding within the platform.

What we're looking for

  • At least 2 years of industry experience applying machine learning methods such as user modeling and recommender systems.
  • Hands-on experience building data processing pipelines and large-scale machine learning systems using big data technologies like Hadoop/Spark.
  • Expertise in developing and improving large scale recommender systems or modern ads ranking, retrieval, and targeting systems.
  • Strong understanding of industry trends in recommendation systems and ability to leverage LLMs for content understanding.
  • Proven track record of working in a high-impact environment with quick experimentation and product launches.

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