Senior Data Scientist

Summary

Join Pinterest as a Data Scientist and develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation, communicating them to product engineering teams. You will leverage scientific rigor and statistical methods to improve product creation and development, understanding Pinner behavior. Build and prototype analysis pipelines to provide insights at scale, developing comprehensive knowledge of data structures and metrics. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers. Telecommuting is permitted. The position requires a Master's degree and two years of experience or a Bachelor's degree and five years of experience in a related field. A competitive salary is offered.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Data Science, Statistics, Engineering (any field), or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field
• Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Data Science, Statistics, Engineering (any field) or closely related quantitative discipline and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field
• Statistical Modeling
• R
• Apache Spark
• Python
• SQL
• Machine Learning modeling
• Big Data Analytics
• Large datasets manipulation & analysis
• A/B Testing
• Statistical inference
• Data Visualization & Presentation
• Experimental Design

Responsibilities

• Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams
• 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