Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and helps people plan for memorable experiences. They are seeking a Data Scientist to join their Infrastructure Data Science team, where the role involves partnering with engineering teams to improve infrastructure measurement, quality, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to define, measure, and improve the health, quality, and efficiency of Pinterest’s infrastructure systems
• Build and refine metrics, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that make complex technical systems more understandable and actionable
• Strengthen data foundations by improving metric definitions, auditing data quality, and contributing to pipeline and measurement improvements where needed
• Design and analyze experiments, investigations, and deep dives to quantify the impact of infrastructure changes on user experience, reliability, and business outcomes
• Translate ambiguous technical problems into clear analyses and actionable recommendations for engineering and platform partners
• Support high-priority investigations and decision-making related to infrastructure performance, reliability, cost, and measurement quality
• Identify opportunities to improve how Pinterest measures and optimizes infrastructure across a range of domains, such as performance, shopping infrastructure, governance, metrics quality, and site reliability

Skills

• Masters degree in a relevant field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Biostatistics, or equivalent experience
• Strong SQL and analytical programming skills, with experience working through messy, imperfect data and building reliable metrics and datasets
• Experience partnering on or contributing to production-ready data pipelines, measurement systems, or foundational data work that improves data quality and usability
• Solid foundation in experimentation and measurement, with the ability to design analyses, interpret results rigorously, and partner effectively with engineers and other cross-functional stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear analytical workstreams and actionable recommendations
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings clearly to engineering, product, and platform stakeholders
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize across both longer-term projects and fast-turn inbound requests, and drive work forward in a dynamic environment
• Curiosity and a builder mindset, with excitement for improving messy systems and creating more scalable, trustworthy measurement foundations

Benefits

• The position is also eligible for equity.
• Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

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