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Master's University Grad Machine Learning Engineer 2027 (USA)

Join Pinterest as a Machine Learning Engineer to tackle challenges in AI and contribute to large-scale recommendation systems.

Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Compensation
$146k–$196k/yr
Level
junior
Type
full time · Hybrid

Posted by employer 1 day ago

First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago

What you'll build

  • Contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • Collect, analyze, and synthesize findings from data
  • Write clean, efficient, and sustainable code
  • Design, build, and test models to predict engagement for notifications
  • Build content recommendation systems

Must have

  • Master's in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field required
  • Machine Learning experience
  • Experience with big data technologies
  • Mastery of at least one systems language or one ML framework
  • Strong critical thinking when working with AI-generated suggestions
  • Strong communicator and team player

Practical constraints

  • This role may require you to be located near an office for in-person collaboration

AI in the day-to-day

AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact.

Requirements

Education
Master's degree
Visa
No sponsorship (stated in posting)

Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Machine Learning Engineer will focus on developing and optimizing models for personalized content recommendations and engagement predictions across various platforms at Pinterest. Key skills include proficiency in machine learning techniques, experience with big data technologies, and coding in languages like Python or Java. This position is ideal for recent graduates with a Master's degree in a relevant field and a strong foundation in AI and data analysis. The team operates in a hybrid model, emphasizing collaboration while allowing flexibility in work arrangements.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Pinterest's careers page October 3, 2026.
  • Salary band is below the typical range for AI/ML roles (median ~$190,000).
  • Starts above 64% of 14 comparable junior ai/ml roles we track (median $110,000 across 11 companies).
  • Python appears in 44.1% of 34 comparable junior ai/ml roles in United States; Natural Language Processing appears in 2.9% of 34 comparable junior ai/ml roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Master's University Grad Machine Learning Engineer 2027 (USA) role remote?
It's hybrid — Pinterest expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
What's the salary range?
Pinterest lists $146,000–$196,000 for this role.
Where is the role based?
Pinterest is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Graph Analysis, Java, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, PyTorch.
What seniority level is this role?
Pinterest targets junior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Master's University Grad Machine Learning Engineer 2027 (USA) role at Pinterest.

From the original posting

About Pinterest:

With more than 640 million users around the world and 300 billion ideas saved, Pinterest Machine Learning engineers help build personalized experiences to help Pinners create a life they love. At Pinterest, you’ll experience hands-on access to an incredible vault of data and contribute large-scale recommendation systems in ways you won’t find anywhere else.


By applying to this role, you will be considered for multiple roles open across our various ML teams. Please only apply once within the USA or Canada as multiple applications may delay our recruitment process.

This is a general posting for multiple roles open across our various ML teams. You will have the opportunity to work on a very large scope of problems in recommender systems, search, ads, ranking, natural language processing, graph representation learning, personalization, etc.


As a Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, you’ll work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. As you kickstart your career at Pinterest, you’ll join our engineering teams as we maneuver through exponential growth and massive scale while building awesome products and features, creating visually rich experiences, spearheading the discovery problem, and pinpointing tomorrow’s engineering challenges.


What you’ll do:

  • Contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence that can be applied to Pinterest problems
  • Collect, analyze, and synthesize findings from data and build intelligent data-driven model
  • Write clean, efficient, and sustainable code
  • Use machine learning, natural language processing, and graph analysis to solve modeling and ranking problems across discovery, ads and search
  • Design, build, and test models to predict engagement for notifications (push, emails, in-app notifications)
  • Build content recommendation systems to power our push, email, and in-app notifications
  • Work on state-of-the-art large-scale applied machine learning projects
  • Scope and independently solve moderately complex problems

What we’re looking for:

  • Master's in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field required
  • Machine Learning experience (ranking, computer vision, NLP, content recommendations, embedding, information retrieval etc)
  • Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop/Spark) and scalable realtime systems that process stream data
  • Mastery of at least one systems languages (Java, C++, Python) or one ML framework (Tensorflow, Pytorch, MLFlow)
  • Proficiency with AI-native engineering, including the design of agent-friendly codebases.
  • High degree of autonomy in learning new agent-first development tools.
  • Strong critical thinking when working with AI-generated suggestions, with a clear approach to validating correctness, performance, security, and maintainability.
  • Comfort iterating on prompts, refining workflows, and adapting AI-assisted approaches based on the problem, context, and constraints.
  • Experience in research and in solving analytical problems
  • Strong communicator and team player. Being able to find solutions for open-ended problems.


In-Office Requirement Statement:

  • 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 may require you to be located near an office for in-person collaboration, and therefore may need to be located a commutable distance from one of our Pinterest offices.

#LI-HYBRID

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

US based applicants only
$146,000—$196,000 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Standard company text repeated across Pinterest's postings is omitted here.

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