Machine Learning Engineer II, Computer Vision Applied Science
Core
Developing vision-centric Large Language Models (VLMs) to perceive visual details and understand user aesthetics for multimodal search and text-to-image tools.
Role type
Senior IC Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision / Generative AI)
Builds
Large-scale generative models and evaluation benchmarks for Pinterest's visual assets.
Domain
Internet / Computer Vision / Generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Generative computer vision models, visual encoders, LLMs, fine-tuning open-source LLMs, RLHF, research paper reading, benchmark development
Preferred skills
Experience with Cursor/Copilot/Codex, LLM-powered productivity tools, publications at top ML conferences
Technologies
LLMs, visual encoders, multimodal search, text-to-image models
Responsibilities
Prototype new model architectures for Pinterest VLMs, Develop new evaluation benchmarks tailored to vision-centric capabilities, Read research papers and brainstorm visual generative strategy, Help collect visual training data for RLHF and targeted fine-tuning, Publish work via conferences and blog posts, Mentor junior researchers or interns
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
