Senior Data Scientist, Pinterest

Core

$123.5-254k

+ Equity

SQL
Python
R
Tensorflow
Scikit-Learn
PyTorch
Senior level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

Open for applications

Pinterest

Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Open for applications

$123.5-254k

+ Equity

SQL
Python
R
Tensorflow
Scikit-Learn
PyTorch
Senior level
Remote in US
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BLifestyleSocialDigital MediaSocial MediaAdvertising

Company mission

To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of experience analyzing data in a fast-paced, data-driven environment with proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web-scale data
  • Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches including in the fields of Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, Econometrics or other related fields
  • Experience using machine learning and deep learning frameworks, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn
  • A scientifically rigorous approach to analysis and data, and a well-tuned sense of skepticism, attention to detail and commitment to high-quality, results-oriented output
  • Ability to manipulate large data sets with high dimensionality and complexity; fluency in SQL (or other database languages) and a scripting language (Python or R)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to explain learnings to both technical and non-technical partners
  • A team player who’s able to partner with cross-functional leadership to quickly turn insights into actions

What the job involves

  • In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward
  • You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet
  • As a Data Scientist in our Core organization, you will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build at Pinterest
  • Your expertise in quantitative modeling, experimentation and algorithms will be utilized to solve some of the most complex engineering challenges at the company
  • You will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Design, Research, Product Analytics, Data Engineering and others
  • The results of your work will influence and uplevel our product development teams while introducing greater scientific rigor into the real world products serving hundreds of millions of pinners, creators, advertisers and merchants around the world
  • Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams to help us fulfill our mission - to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love
  • Bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of product creation, development and improvement with an appreciation for the behaviors of our Pinners
  • Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale while developing comprehensive knowledge of data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development
  • Work cross-functionally to build and communicate key insights, and collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to help build the next experiences on Pinterest

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 Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.

Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.

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Kirsty

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Insights

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back within 2 weeks

9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest


People progressing

Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.

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