Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Core
Drive research, architecture, scale, and production deployment of Generative Recommendation System (GenRec) and Reinforcement Learning solutions to transform content discovery on Pinterest.
Role type
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Science)
Builds
Generative Recommendation System (GenRec) and Reinforcement Learning solutions for Ads, Discovery, Growth, and Search
Domain
Internet / Recommendation Systems / Generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale recommendation systems, Reinforcement Learning, LLM/VLM post-training, Technical leadership, Ambiguous research problem solving, Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Publications at top ML conferences (KDD, NeurIPS, RecSys)
Technologies
GenRec, Reinforcement Learning, LLMs, VLMs
Responsibilities
Contribute to cutting-edge AI/ML research; Identify, scope, architect, build, and deliver full novel ML solutions from 0 to 1; Identify new research opportunities and own long-term research strategy; Act as a technical leader partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & strategy
