# Machine Learning Engineer II, Core Engineering at Pinterest > Canada · Mid-level · ML / AI · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Apinterest%3A7473497 (read 2026-11-04). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Pinterest](https://alderhq.app/companies/pinterest) - Location text: Toronto, ON, CA; Toronto - Where it can be done from (inferred): Canada (evidence: "Location: Toronto, ON, CA; Toronto") - Posted: 2025-12-23 (316 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/?gh_jid=7473497 - Skills listed (inferred): Spark, SQL, LLMs ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: CAD 171k–CAD 221k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (Toronto, n 22): p25 CAD 151k, median CAD 194k, p75 CAD 201k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 84, median offered wage $181k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) - Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Pinterest Netherlands B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants)) - Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Pinterest UK" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### About Pinterest Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. With more than 500 million users around the world and 300 billion ideas saved, Pinterest Machine Learning engineers build personalized experiences to help Pinners create a life they love. With just over 4,000 global employees, our teams are small, mighty, and still growing. At Pinterest, you’ll experience hands-on access to an incredible vault of data and contribute large-scale recommendation systems in ways you won’t find anywhere else. ### What you’ll do - Build cutting edge technology using the latest advances in deep learning and machine learning to personalize Pinterest - Partner closely with teams across Pinterest to experiment and improve ML models for various product surfaces (Homefeed, Ads, Growth, Shopping, and Search), while gaining knowledge of how ML works in different areas - Use data driven methods and leverage the unique properties of our data to improve candidates retrieval - Work in a high-impact environment with quick experimentation and product launches - Keeping up with industry trends in recommendation systems ### What we’re looking for - 2+ years of industry experience applying machine learning methods (e.g., user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, search, ranking, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and graph representation learning) - End-to-end hands-on experience with building data processing pipelines, large scale machine learning systems, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop/Spark) - M.S. or PhD in Machine Learning or related areas - Expertise in scalable realtime systems that process stream data - Passion for applied ML and the Pinterest product ### Nice To Have - Experience using Cursor, Copilot, Codex, or similar AI coding assistants for development, debugging, testing, and refactoring. - Familiarity with LLM-powered productivity tools for documentation search, experiment analysis, SQL/data exploration, and engineering workflow acceleration. This job posting is for an open vacancy. Please note that the company utilizes artificial intelligence to screen applicants for the positions. ### Relocation Statement - This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. ### In-Office Requirement Statement - We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. Canada based applicants only $170,840—$220,840 CAD --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Apinterest%3A7473497 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.