The Senior Data Scientist role at Pinterest focuses on shaping the future of both people-facing and business-facing products. The position requires expertise in quantitative modeling, experimentation, and algorithms to tackle complex engineering challenges. The candidate will work collaboratively with cross-functional partners across various teams to influence product development and introduce scientific rigor into real-world applications. This role emphasizes the use of AI to enhance productivity and improve decision-making processes.

• 5+ years of experience analyzing data in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches.
• Experience solving problems within digital advertising is preferred.
• Familiarity with online experimentation and its pitfalls.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets with high dimensionality and complexity.
• Fluency in SQL and a scripting language such as Python or R.
• Excellent communication skills to explain learnings to both technical and non-technical partners.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in workflows.
• Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Data Science or equivalent experience.

• Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation.
• Bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to product creation and improvement.
• Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale.
• Work cross-functionally to build and communicate key insights.
• Leverage AI to seek faster execution and explore alternative options.
• Leverage AI to synthesize information and automate repeatable tasks.