Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Science

Remote Hybrid

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Work type: Remote
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $161,263–$332,012 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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TL;DR · Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Science

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Join Pinterest Labs as a senior research engineer or scientist on the visual modeling team focusing on Pinterest Canvas, an internal text-to-image generative model. You will prototype new architectures, implement diffusion models, and contribute to multimodal embeddings used in the core product. Daily tasks include reading research papers, participating in discussions, collecting training data for fine-tuning, publishing findings, and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of industry experience with a focus on generative computer vision models, particularly diffusion models, and hold an M.S. or PhD in Machine Learning or Computer Science. This role offers deep collaboration within a small team dedicated to advancing AI/ML initiatives at scale.

Skills

Python TensorFlow PyTorch DiffusionModels ComputerVision GitHub CI/CD MLOps PostgreSQL AWS Docker Kubernetes GitLab JupyterNotebook Scikit-learn Pandas NumPy Markdown LaTeX

What you'll do

Prototype new model architectures for Pinterest Canvas, an internal text-to-image generative model.
Collect and curate visual training data for targeted fine-tuning of Pinterest Canvas.
Participate in research discussions to develop the company’s visual generative strategy.
Publish and promote your work through conferences, papers, and blog posts.
Mentor junior researchers or interns within the Pinterest Labs organization.

What we're looking for

5+ years of industry experience in computer vision.
Hands-on experience with generative computer vision models, especially diffusion models.
Ability to prototype new model architectures for text-to-image generation.
M.S. or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field.
Experience in collecting and preparing visual training data for machine learning models.
Skill in publishing research findings through conferences, papers, and blog posts.

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