PhD Machine Learning Intern — Remote/Hybrid (12 weeks)

Pinterest; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Professional development

Meaningful work

Job summary

Pinterest offers a 12-week ML internship program across multiple teams in the United States. Interns will tackle cutting-edge research in ML/AI, work on production ML systems, and receive mentoring while contributing to Pinterest problems.

Internships run May 17, 2027 – August 6, 2027 or June 14, 2027 – September 3, 2027, with remote or hybrid locations in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York or Seattle offices.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in CS, ML, NLP, statistics, or related field.
• Proficiency in at least one systems language (Java, C++, Python) or ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLFlow).
• Ability to design agent-friendly codebases and autonomous learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from start to finish in ML/AI research applied to Pinterest problems.
• Gain hands-on experience with production ML systems and data engineering.
• Prototype with frontier AI tools and validate AI-generated outputs.
• Write clean, efficient code and take ownership with minimal guidance.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

MLFlow

Education

PhD candidate

Job description

Pinterest offers a 12-week ML internship program across multiple teams in the United States. Interns will tackle cutting-edge research in ML/AI, work on production ML systems, and receive mentoring while contributing to Pinterest problems.

Internships run May 17, 2027 – August 6, 2027 or June 14, 2027 – September 3, 2027, with remote or hybrid locations in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York or Seattle offices.