Paid PhD ML Internship - Research & Production AI

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Work

Mentorship

Growth and Development

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Machine Learning intern to tackle cutting‑edge research across image recognition, user modeling, recommender systems, NLP, and more. You will conduct research applicable to Pinterest problems and collaborate across engineering teams while mentoring with senior researchers.

The program runs 12 weeks with start dates in May or June, offering remote or hybrid work options in several U.S. cities and mentorship to grow your ML skills and contribute to real product impact.

Qualifications

• PhD candidate in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field.
• Autonomy in learning new agent-first development tools.
• Strong critical thinking when working with AI-generated suggestions.

Responsibilities

• Lead your own project from start to finish on cutting-edge ML/AI research for Pinterest problems.
• Work with production ML systems including algorithmic research, infrastructure, training, inference, and product delivery.
• Prototype and experiment with frontier AI tools and agents to accelerate engineering implementation.
• Validate AI-generated outputs through testing, code review, and rigorous reasoning.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

ML frameworks

TensorFlow

PyTorch

MLFlow

Education

PhD candidate in CS/ML

Tools

None

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Machine Learning intern to tackle cutting‑edge research across image recognition, user modeling, recommender systems, NLP, and more. You will conduct research applicable to Pinterest problems and collaborate across engineering teams while mentoring with senior researchers.

The program runs 12 weeks with start dates in May or June, offering remote or hybrid work options in several U.S. cities and mentorship to grow your ML skills and contribute to real product impact.