About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
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At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.
At Pinterest Labs, you'll work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and multi-modal large language models along with a world-class team of research scientists, and machine learning engineers. You'll conduct research that can be applied across Pinterest engineering teams and engage in external collaborations and mentoring, while also performing research in any of the following areas: natural language processing (NLP) and reasoning capability, computer vision for multi-modality, graph neural network, inclusive and responsible AI, reinforcement learning, user modeling, and recommender systems.
What you’ll do:
- Contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning and LLM that can be applied to Pinterest problems, especially search agent, recommendation agent, reason and planning agent
- Collect, analyze, and synthesize findings from data and build intelligent data-driven model
- Write clean, efficient, and sustainable code
- Use machine learning, natural language processing, and graph analysis to solve modeling and ranking problems across growth, discovery, ads and search
- Scope and independently solve moderately complex problems
What we’re looking for:
- MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field
- 6+ years of industry experience
- Experience in machine learning/information retrieval
- Mastery of at least one systems languages (Java, C++, Python) or one ML framework (Tensorflow, Pytorch, MLFlow)
- Experience in research and in solving analytical problems
- Cross-functional collaborator and strong communicator
- Comfortable solving ambiguous problems and adapting to a dynamic environment
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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Pinterest Seattle, Washington, USA Office
1730 Minor Ave, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
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