Machine Learning Engineer II
Core
Prototype vision-language models and multimodal architectures to improve visual perception and tool-use capabilities for Pinterest's generative strategy.
Role type
Senior IC machine learning engineer (vision-language & generative models)
Builds
Vision-language models, multimodal models, and evaluation benchmarks for visual generative features
Domain
Computer vision, generative AI, large language models (LLMs)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer vision, generative models, visual encoders, LLMs, fine-tuning, RLHF, research paper reading, benchmark development
Preferred skills
Publications at top ML conferences, experience with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Codex), LLM-powered tools for documentation and data exploration
Technologies
LLMs, visual encoders, RLHF frameworks
Responsibilities
Prototype new architectures for vision-language models, fine-tune open-source LLMs, develop evaluation benchmarks for visual capabilities, collect visual training data for RLHF, publish research findings
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC