[Remote] Staff Data Scientist, Curation Ecosystem

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest is the world’s leading visual search and discovery platform, serving over 500 million monthly active users globally. They are seeking a Staff Data Scientist to develop methods and models to explain content promotion for users, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive product innovation. Responsibilities • Build a deeper understanding of our Pinterest Curation ecosystem; understanding and quantifying the opportunities and Pinner needs around boards, trends, collages, and more. • Develop robust frameworks, combining online and offline methods, to comprehensively understand the outputs of our recommendations. • Bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of product creation, development and improvement with an appreciation for the behaviors of our Pinners. • Work cross-functionally to build relationships, proactively communicate key insights, and collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to help build the next experiences on Pinterest. • Relentlessly focus on impact, whether through influencing product strategy, advancing our north star metrics, or improving a critical process. • Mentor and up-level junior data scientists on the team. Skills • 7+ 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 • Strong interest and experience in recommendation systems and causal inference • Strong quantitative programming (Python/R) and data manipulation skills (SQL/Spark) • Ability to work independently and drive your own projects • Excellent written and communication skills, and able to explain learnings to both technical and non-technical partners • A team player eager to partner with cross-functional partners to quickly turn insights into actions • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as computer science, or equivalent experience. Company Overview • Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.pinterest.com/.