Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Discovery

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, C++, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Project management, Python Programming, Spark Core

Job Description

Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.

Home, Closeup and Search (aka Discovery) are three major discovery platforms at Pinterest that serve users with relevant and related content according to their interests and queries. We have hundreds of millions of users visiting the three platforms on a monthly basis to get inspired and turn their inspiration into actions to improve their daily lives. We are looking for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer who can drive cross-team engineering efforts for shipping ML-driven product experiences to our pinners. You’ll have the opportunity to work on various innovative projects of new product experiences, build large-scale low-latency systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models, and deliver great impact to our pinners and business metrics.

What you’ll do:

• Lead user-facing projects that involve end-to-end engineering development in both frontend and backend and ML
• Improve relevance and the user experience on Discovery surfaces, including Homefeed, Closeup and Search
• Improve our engineering systems to improve the latency, capacity, stability and reduce infra cost
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to develop engineering solutions for user-facing product improvements
• Collaborate with other engineering teams (infra. user modeling, content understanding) to leverage their platforms and signals

What we’re looking for:

• Python
• Java or C++
• Experience with large scale data processing (e.g. Hive, Scalding, Spark, Hadoop, Map-reduce)
• 8+ years working experience in the engineering teams that build large-scale ML-driven user-facing products
• 3+ years experience leading cross-team engineering efforts that improves user experience in products
• Strong execution skills in project management
• Masters or PhD in Comp Sci or related fields

Desired skills:

• Experience in working in frontend, backend and ML systems for large-scale user-facing products, and have a good understanding of how they all work
• Experience in closely collaborating with product managers / designers to ship ML-driven user-facing product

US based applicants only

$247,000—$413,500 USD

Our Commitment to Diversity:

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, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify accessibility@pinterest.com for support.