Pinterest is hiring a remote Staff Data Scientist Notifications!
Pinterest is hiring a Staff Data Scientist for its Notifications team. This is a remote role open to candidates located anywhere in the country, with occasional in-person collaboration expected one to two times per quarter; relocation support is not provided. The position centers on using measurement, experimentation, and machine learning to improve how notifications are delivered and tailored across the user journey. The data scientist will act as a thought partner to product, engineering, and ML leaders, shape success metrics, size opportunities, and translate complex analyses into clear recommendations. The role also carries mentorship responsibilities and requires influence across multiple product areas. The posted base salary range is $164,695 to $339,078 USD, with eligibility for equity and final pay depending on factors such as location and experience.
Key responsibilities
- Build measurement frameworks and success metrics that support data-driven product decisions across the full user journey.
- Communicate analysis findings and strategic recommendations to product and engineering leadership.
- Size opportunities and produce clear, actionable analyses that identify improvements to growth strategies.
- Partner with product, engineering, and machine learning leaders to prioritize and scope work on the notifications experience and related ML systems.
- Contribute directly to improving the machine learning models that determine notification delivery and content through features, signals, and analysis.
- Mentor other data scientists by helping define scope and ensuring high-quality output.
- Lead key technical initiatives and influence work across multiple product areas.
Key requirements
- Eight or more years of combined postgraduate academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to web-scale data problems.
- Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, and/or experimentation.
- Expertise in at least one scripting language, ideally Python or R.
- Proficiency with SQL and Hive.
- Strong product and business judgment, including the ability to turn ambiguous questions into well-defined analyses and metrics.
- Excellent communication skills and experience presenting data narratives to leadership and product teams.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and iterating on user products through A/B testing.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical projects and meaningfully influencing the scope and output of others.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field such as computer science, or equivalent experience.
- Seniority: Staff
- Work mode: Remote, with in-person collaboration 1–2 times per quarter
- Salary: $164,695 – $339,078 USD
- Key skills: Statistics, Machine learning, Experimentation, A/B testing, Python, R, SQL, Hive, Product analytics, Leadership, Communication
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