Senior Data Scientist, Pinterest
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$145.3-254k
+ Equity
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Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Job no longer available
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$145.3-254k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience working as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, Software Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer
- Proven ability to design and implement machine learning models, as well as evaluate and optimize their performance on large datasets
- The ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code that can be easily maintained and extended by other team members
- Proficiency in software development best practices, including version control systems such as Git, to ensure efficient collaboration, code management, and reproducibility in a data science environment
- Familiarity with workflow management tools such as Apache Airflow to create and schedule data pipelines, allowing for automated and reliable execution of machine learning workflows
- Enthusiasm and desire to work collaboratively in a team that is dedicated to enhancing the machine learning infrastructure and implementing best practices for model development, deployment, monitoring, and scalability
What the job involves
- We are seeking a talented and experienced Data Scientist to join our team and contribute to the enhancement and up-leveling of our machine learning platform
- If you're passionate about improving the lives of machine learning engineers and scaling our company's ML capabilities, as well as staying at the forefront of advancements in the field, then we encourage you to apply
- Join our team and help us revolutionize the way we train, test, tune, manage, and deploy advanced ML models, while collaborating with a diverse and highly skilled team of data scientists and engineers who are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of ML innovation
- The coding skills you bring to the table will give you the opportunity to mentor and guide other data scientists, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team
- Collaborate with machine learning engineers to identify pain points and challenges in the development and deployment of ML models
- Research and implement innovative solutions to optimize the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the machine learning platform
- Analyze and evaluate the performance of existing machine learning models, identifying areas for improvement and optimization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, align on project goals, and drive the implementation of new features and enhancements to the machine learning platform
- Leverage our extensive and valuable metadata set to generate innovative suggestions and strategies, identifying efficient shortcuts to evaluate hypotheses and assess the potential of ideas.
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.
With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Bill Ready
(CEO)Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.
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