Zach Barnes
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolZach Barnes is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience building production ML systems that span personalization, risk modeling, simulation, and medical imaging. He currently drives large-scale information retrieval and search personalization at Pinterest after leading Bolt’s deep-learning risk models backed by an identity graph. His background blends rigorous academic training at Stanford (MS/PhD work in AI) with hands-on research roles—ranging from generative imitation learning for autonomous driving to clinician-facing ML applications—so he navigates both research and production constraints fluently. An avid photographer and education outreach partner, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective to AI’s technical, societal, and economic impacts.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange School of Computing, Exchange School of Computing at National University of SingaporeMt Carmel High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of PittsburghMaster of Science - MS Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Master of Science - MS Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at Stanford University
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Github Skills (31)
editor9
electron9
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typescript9
vscode9
ray8
optimization8
python8
reinforcement-learning8
visual-studio8
parallel8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft8
pytorch7
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zachabarnes/zachabarnes.github.io
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 49 pushes in 1 day
zachabarnes/slither-rl-agent
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:71 commits, 69 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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