Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core Modeling

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Pinterest:</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/">flexibility</a> to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/">here</a>.</p></div><p>We are looking for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead the technical vision for our Ads Conversion Core Modeling team, building the state-of-the-art systems that power our global marketplace.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the technical direction and development of state-of-the-art applied ML projects for ads conversion.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Design and build large-scale DNN models to improve user action prediction with low latency.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Mine text, visual, and user signals to better understand intention and infer interests from online activity.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Use AI to accelerate analysis and iteration, while applying judgment and verification to ensure correctness and quality.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Automate repeatable tasks such as documentation, reporting, and QA checks to speed up the development lifecycle.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Coach and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and sales to design new ad products.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What we’re looking for:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.</li> <li>6+ years of industry experience building production ML