Pinterest
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Activation
Found: January 22, 2026
This role is based in Toronto with remote options available.
What you'll do:
- Lead the technical roadmap for activation ML, focusing on cold start challenges.
- Drive hands-on ML work including building models and rapid experimentation.
- Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to translate user problems into ML opportunities.
- Run experiments to optimize user intent signals and content recommendations.
- Mentor the ML team and establish best practices.
What we're looking for:
- 6+ years of experience in building and shipping ML models.
- 2+ years as a technical lead or senior IC.
- Strong product mindset and collaboration skills.
- Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related field.