Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization Engineering
Core
Develop and execute the vision for the evolution of the machine learning technology stack within Ads to connect user aspirations with partner products.
Role type
Senior IC machine learning engineer (monetization/recommendation systems)
Builds
Large-scale recommendation systems, ads ranking, retrieval, and targeting for Pinterest's Homefeed, Ads, Growth, Shopping, and Search surfaces.
Domain
Social media / Computational advertising / Recommendation systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, search, ranking, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, graph representation learning, data processing pipelines, big data technologies (Hadoop/Spark), LLMs for content understanding
Preferred skills
Publications at top ML conferences, experience with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Codex), expertise in scalable realtime stream data systems, background in computational advertising
Technologies
Hadoop, Spark, LLMs
Responsibilities
Build cutting-edge technology using deep learning and machine learning; Partner with teams to experiment and improve ML models for various product surfaces; Use data-driven methods to improve candidate retrieval; Keep up with industry trends in recommendation systems; Leverage LLMs to enhance content understanding
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC