Is the Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering role remote?

Yes — Pinterest lists this as a fully remote position.

What's the salary range?

Pinterest lists $189,721–$332,012 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Deep Learning, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Spark, graph representation learning.

What seniority level is this role?

Pinterest targets senior candidates for this position.

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Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering

Pinterest AI/ML

Location

San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US

Compensation

$189.7k–$332.0k/yr

Level

senior

Type

full time · Remote

Posted by employer 2 years ago

First seen on Joblaze 5 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago

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Skills & Technologies

Spark Machine Learning Hadoop reinforcement learning graph representation learning Natural Language Processing Deep Learning

Requirements

Experience: 4+ years
Education: Master's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Equity/Stock Options Remote Work

Joblaze insights

Listed about 5 months ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Pinterest's career page.
Pinterest has 195 other open roles including Lead Ads Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Programmatic Tech Operations Specialist , Sr. Client Account Manager, Home.
799 active Machine Learning roles on Joblaze right now.
374 active Spark roles on Joblaze right now.
135 active reinforcement learning roles on Joblaze right now.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for AI/ML roles (median ~$188,000).
Pays more than 52% of the 355 salaried Machine Learning roles we track (median $185,000). See Machine Learning salary trends

Quick facts

Is the Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering role remote?: Yes — Pinterest lists this as a fully remote position.
What's the salary range?: Pinterest lists $189,721–$332,012 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Deep Learning, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Spark, graph representation learning.
What seniority level is this role?: Pinterest targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering role at Pinterest.

From the original posting

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

With more than 500 million users around the world and 300 billion ideas saved, Pinterest Machine Learning engineers build personalized experiences to help Pinners create a life they love. With just over 3,000 global employees, our teams are small, mighty, and still growing. 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.

What you’ll do:

Build cutting edge technology using the latest advances in deep learning and machine learning to personalize Pinterest
Partner closely with teams across Pinterest to experiment and improve ML models for various product surfaces (Homefeed, Ads, Growth, Shopping, and Search), while gaining knowledge of how ML works in different areas
Use data driven methods and leverage the unique properties of our data to improve candidates retrieval
Work in a high-impact environment with quick experimentation and product launches
Keeping up with industry trends in recommendation systems

What we’re looking for:

4+ years of industry experience applying machine learning methods (e.g., user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, search, ranking, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and graph representation learning)
End-to-end hands-on experience with building data processing pipelines, large scale machine learning systems, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop/Spark)
Degree in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or related field
Nice to have:
- Publications at top ML conferences
- Experience using 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
- Expertise in scalable realtime systems that process stream data
- Passion for applied ML and the Pinterest product
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences, related field, or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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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.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$189,721—$332,012 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.

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