Staff ML Engineer - Content Recommendations (Remote)

Pinterest, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media and image sharing platform in Toronto is seeking a Staff ML Engineer to lead a team in developing innovative ML solutions. This role involves hands-on design, training, and implementation of NLP/LLM systems. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in machine learning, Python, and technical leadership. The position requires in-office collaboration 1-2 times per quarter. Competitive compensation and flexible working conditions are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building ML products end-to-end.
• 2+ years as a tech lead driving multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Experience with NLP/LLM training and inference.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution and mentor engineers.
• Train/fine-tune LLMs and NLP models.
• Define and meet SLOs for data quality and model performance.

Skills

ML product development

NLP/LLM training

Python

Software engineering best practices

Mentorship

Education

Masters or PhD in ML related studies

Tools

PyTorch

Airflow

Spark/Presto

Job description

A leading social media and image sharing platform in Toronto is seeking a Staff ML Engineer to lead a team in developing innovative ML solutions. This role involves hands-on design, training, and implementation of NLP/LLM systems. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in machine learning, Python, and technical leadership. The position requires in-office collaboration 1-2 times per quarter. Competitive compensation and flexible working conditions are offered.