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Achieving Near-Linear Training Scalability for Pinterest’s Foundation Models

Sheng Huang | Software Engineer, AI Platform; Pong Eksombatchai | Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Sciences; Saurabh Vishwas Joshi |…

Jun 25, 2026 · 10 min read · 541 claps #pinterest #engineering #distributed-training

Achieving Near-Linear Training Scalability for Pinterest’s Foundation Models

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Finding zombies in our systems: A real-world story of CPU bottlenecks

Vaibhav Shankar; Staff Software Engineer | Raymond Lee; Staff Software Engineer | Chia-Wei Chen; Staff Software Engineer | Shunyao Li; Sr…

Apr 15, 2026 · 12 min read · 271 claps #pinterest #engineering #kubernetes

Finding zombies in our systems: A real-world story of CPU bottlenecks

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Optimizing ML Workload Network Efficiency (Part I): Feature Trimmer

Guangtong Bai | Staff Software Engineer, Product ML Infrastructure*; Shantam Shorewala | Software Engineer II, Product ML Infrastructure*…

May 01, 2026 · 14 min read · 224 claps #pinterest #engineering #machine-learning

Optimizing ML Workload Network Efficiency (Part I): Feature Trimmer

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From Clicks to Conversions: Architecting Shopping Conversion Candidate Generation at Pinterest

Authors: Richard Huang | Machine Learning Engineer II; Yu Liu | Senior Machine Learning Engineer; Ziwei Guo | Senior Machine Learning…

Apr 27, 2026 · 7 min read · 208 claps #pinterest #engineering #monetization

From Clicks to Conversions: Architecting Shopping Conversion Candidate Generation at Pinterest

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Making User-Sequence Data More Cost-Efficient, Faster, and Easier to Use

Authors (listed alphabetically) Ads Feature Engineering Infra team: Ajay Venkatakrishnan, Le Zhang Core ML Infra team: Eric Shang, Pihui…

May 21, 2026 · 11 min read · 198 claps #pinterest #engineering #machine-learning

Making User-Sequence Data More Cost-Efficient, Faster, and Easier to Use

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Scaling Recommendation Systems with Request-Level Deduplication

Authors: Matt Lawhon | Sr. Machine Learning Engineer; Filip Ryzner | Machine Learning Engineer II; Kousik Rajesh | Machine Learning…

Apr 13, 2026 · 8 min read · 185 claps #pinterest #engineering #machine-learning

Scaling Recommendation Systems with Request-Level Deduplication

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Performance for Everyone

Author: Lin Wang (Android Performance Engineer)

Apr 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 180 claps #pinterest #engineering #performance

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Enhancing Ad Relevance: Integrating Real-Time Context into Sequential Recommender Models

Huiqin Xin | Machine Learning Engineer II, Ads Vertical Modeling; Lakshmi Manoharan | Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Vertical…

May 08, 2026 · 5 min read · 171 claps #pinterest #engineering #monetization

Enhancing Ad Relevance: Integrating Real-Time Context into Sequential Recommender Models

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Automated Schema Evolution in Pinterest’s Next-Generation DB Ingestion Framework

Yisheng Zhou | Software Engineer II Liang Mou | Sr Staff Software Engineer Gabriel Raphael Garcia Montoya | Staff Software Engineer Istvan…

Jun 24, 2026 · 10 min read · 137 claps #pinterest #engineering #schema-evolution

Automated Schema Evolution in Pinterest’s Next-Generation DB Ingestion Framework

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An Engineer’s Guide to Better AI Skills: Implementing a Testing Process to Optimize Agent…

Author: Daniel Reed

May 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 116 claps #pinterest #engineering #engineering-culture

An Engineer’s Guide to Better AI Skills: Implementing a Testing Process to Optimize Agent…

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Smarter URL Normalization at Scale: How MIQPS Powers Content Deduplication at Pinterest

Shanhai Liao | Senior Software Engineer, Content Acquisition and Media Platform; Di Ruan, | Senior Staff Software Engineer, Content…

Apr 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 66 claps #pinterest #engineering #infrastructure

Smarter URL Normalization at Scale: How MIQPS Powers Content Deduplication at Pinterest

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Evolution of Multi-Objective Optimization at Pinterest Home feed

Homefeed: Jiacong He, Dafang He, Jie Cheng (former), Andreanne Lemay, Mostafa Keikha, Rahul Goutam, Dhruvil Deven Badani, Dylan Wang…

Apr 07, 2026 · 8 min read · 15 claps #pinterest #engineering #recommendation-system