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PhD University Grad Machine Learning Engineer (USA)

Pinterest

Location

San Francisco, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

Not listed

PhD Entry-Level
H-1B FY202698.0% approval-40% YoY
✓ Established sponsor

Job description

As a Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, you will tackle challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence while contributing to large-scale recommendation systems. You will join a team focused on building personalized experiences for users, leveraging data to create intelligent models. This role offers the opportunity to work on various problems in recommender systems, search, and natural language processing. You will be part of a collaborative environment that values innovation and creativity.

Requirements

  • PhD in Computer Science, ML, NLP, Statistics, Information Sciences or related field required
  • Machine Learning experience in ranking, computer vision, NLP, content recommendations, embedding, and information retrieval
  • Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop or Spark
  • Mastery of at least one systems language like Java, C++, or Python
  • Proficiency with AI-native engineering and design of agent-friendly codebases
  • Strong critical thinking skills when working with AI-generated suggestions
  • Experience in research and solving analytical problems
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to cutting-edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence applicable to Pinterest problems
  • Collect, analyze, and synthesize findings from data to build intelligent data-driven models
  • Write clean, efficient, and sustainable code
  • Use machine learning, natural language processing, and graph analysis to solve modeling and ranking problems
  • Design, build, and test models to predict engagement for notifications
  • Build content recommendation systems for push, email, and in-app notifications
  • Work on state-of-the-art large-scale applied machine learning projects
  • Scope and independently solve moderately complex problems

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Pinterest Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

33

FY2026

Approval rate

98.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

1,074

FY2026

Entry-level share

44.1%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-40%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

+2%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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