Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Pinterest's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pinterest's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinterest
- high 190 stale, 10 reposted of 190 open
- Hiring momentum
- 330 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinterest's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinterest.
About this role
As a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, you will develop advanced machine learning technologies to personalize user experiences across various product surfaces such as Homefeed, Ads, and Search. Your role involves collaborating with teams to enhance ML models, utilizing data-driven methods, and keeping up with industry trends in recommendation systems. You will also have hands-on access to large datasets and contribute to large-scale recommendation systems.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pinterest as an employer.
What you need
- 4+ years of industry experience applying machine learning methods (e.g., user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, search, ranking, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and graph representation learning)
- End-to-end hands-on experience with building data processing pipelines, large scale machine learning systems, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop/Spark)
- Degree in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or related field
Nice to have
- Publications at top ML conferences
- Experience using Cursor, Copilot, Codex, or similar AI coding assistants for development, debugging, testing, and refactoring
- Familiarity with LLM-powered productivity tools for documentation search, experiment analysis, SQL/data exploration, and engineering workflow acceleration
- Expertise in scalable realtime systems that process stream data
- Passion for applied ML and the Pinterest product
What you get
- Base salary range of $189,721 — $332,012 USD
- Eligible for equity
Worth weighing
- No relocation assistance offered
- US based applicants only
- Final salary based on factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise
Summarised from Pinterest's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pinterest on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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