PhD Machine Learning Internship 2025

As a machine learning intern at Pinterest you'll work on tackling new challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. You'll conduct research that can be applied across Pinterest engineering teams and engage in external collaborations and mentoring while also performing research in any of the following areas: image recognition user modeling recommender systems natural language processing neural networks and big data analytics. We offer a 12-week summer internship program remotely or in our San Francisco Palo Alto Seattle offices.

What you’ll do:

• Contribute in cutting-edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence that can be applied to Pinterest problems

• Collect analyze and synthesize findings from data and build intelligent data-driven model

• Write clean efficient and sustainable code

• Use machine learning natural language processing and graph analysis to solve modeling and ranking problems across discovery ads and search

• Scope and independently solve moderately complex problems

• Take proactive ownership over the completion and quality of your tasks and project with minimal guidance from your mentor manager and peers.

What we’re looking for:

• Working towards a PhD in Computer Science ML NLP Statistics Information Sciences or related field

• Mastery of at least one systems languages (Java C++ Python) or one ML framework (Tensorflow Pytorch MLFlow)

• Experience in research and in solving analytical problems

• Strong communicator and team player. Being able to find solutions for open-ended problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Publications in machine learning AI data science data analytics statistics or related technical fields

• Strong passion for research and for answering hard questions with research

• Passion for applied ML and the Pinterest product

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.

• This role may require you to be located near an office for in-person collaboration and therefore may need to be located a commutable distance from one of our Pinterest offices.

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 .

US based applicants only

The salary for this position is $11000 monthly.

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