Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and helps users plan memorable experiences. They are seeking a Data Scientist II with a strong background in experimentation and statistical analysis to enhance their experimentation platform and ensure that users receive data-driven features.

Responsibilities

• Comb through the literature in experimentation to identify potential methodologies that can improve parts of our platform where we have the biggest opportunities
• Make the process of setting up, running and evaluating experiments smoother and more repeatable for our platform users, ensuring that decisions are risk-aware and consistent
• Write workflows to make our vast experimentation meta-data able to be leveraged by our team and outside of our team to better understand the experimentation landscape
• Consult with product data science teams to debug, design or improve their experiments and experimentation process

Skills

• PhD in a relevant field (stats, applied math, biostatistics, etc…) OR 2+ years of hands-on experience working as a data scientist or applied scientist
• Experience working directly on experimentation problems and an awareness of state of the art methodologies
• The ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code that can be easily maintained and extended by other team members
• Proficiency in software development best practices, including version control systems such as Git, to ensure efficient collaboration, code management, and reproducibility in a data science environment
• Familiarity with workflow management tools such as Apache Airflow to create and schedule data pipelines, allowing for automated and reliable execution of machine learning workflows

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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