Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion

3 weeks, 6 days ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Pinterest

Pinterest

Pinterest is the world's first visual discovery engine, offering a vast dataset of ideas with over 200 billion recipes, home hacks, and style inspiration. With a mission to inspire everyone to create a life they love, Pinterest empowers its employees t...

Internet Software & Services
5K-10K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Lead the technical direction and development of applied machine learning projects for ads conversion.
  • Design and build large-scale deep neural network models for low-latency user action prediction.
  • Mine text, visual, and user signals to infer intent and interests from online activity.
  • Use AI to accelerate analysis and iteration while verifying correctness and quality.
  • Automate repeatable tasks such as documentation, reporting, and QA checks.
  • Coach and mentor engineers on the team.
  • Collaborate with product and sales teams to design new ad products.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of industry experience building production ML systems at scale in Search, Recommendations, or Ranking.
  • 2+ years of experience leading technical projects or teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work.
  • Experience with Cursor, Copilot, Codex, or similar AI coding assistants for development, debugging, testing, and refactoring.
  • Familiarity with LLM-powered productivity tools for documentation search, experiment analysis, SQL/data exploration, and engineering workflow acceleration.
  • High integrity and ownership, including protecting sensitive data, avoiding over-reliance on AI, and remaining accountable for final deliverables.
  • Strong mathematical foundation and experience with statistical methods and A/B testing.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $222,716 to $389,753 USD for US-based applicants.
  • Eligible for equity.
  • Flexible PinFlex working model with the role situated anywhere in the country.
  • In-office collaboration required only 1-2 times every 6 months.
  • Access to Pinterest culture and benefits information for the role.
  • Equal opportunity employer with accommodation support during the application process.

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