Staff Data Scientist, Data Platforms (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Pinterest is a platform that inspires millions to create a life they love, and they are seeking a Staff Data Scientist to enhance their capabilities in data labeling, surveys, and Generative AI tasks. This role involves building analytical opportunities, collaborating with engineers and customers, and mentoring data scientists to improve decision-making and insights.

Responsibilities:

• Build a roster of high-impact analytical opportunities that improve velocity, clarity and trust in our labeled data collection solutions.

• Collaborate with customers of the platforms to understand whether data observations reflect their problems and pain-points, and with engineers to scale your successful prototypes to become integral components of the platform.

• Up-level data scientists across the organization through mentorship, partnership and constructive feedback.

• Contribute to a strategic vision for the science investments across the labeling, survey and GenAI tooling space, emphasizing rigor alongside value-creation, and partner with product and engineering leaders to build a unified vision for these platforms.

• Communicate complex analytical findings and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and concise manner.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with customers to understand their problems and pain-points, and with engineers to scale successful prototypes to become integral components of the platform.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on large-scale data

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as an individual contributor using a deep understanding of scientific methods applied to data to drive business decisions

• Proven track record of crafting high quality algorithmic code and identifying opportunities for efficiency and performance improvements through statistical methods

• Domain expertise in at least one area across: data labeling, surveys, LLM development

• Demonstrated execution and impact on cross-functional initiatives, strong communication skills, and a track record of influencing leaders and peers using data

• Self-propelled continuous learner who keeps up with new tools and methodologies and builds prototypes with concepts learned

• Strong business and product sense who can shape vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics that drive business decisions

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Company:

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company.