Data Science Intern — 12-Week Paid, Remote/Hybrid

Pinterest; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week paid internship

Hybrid/Remote options

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking Data Science interns to evolve and shape the future of our product — inspiring Pinners and connecting them with actionable content, understanding advertisers and measuring the value Pinterest provides to them, and enabling our employees to evaluate potential product changes faster than ever before.

You'll apply quantitative analysis, statistical techniques, modeling and data mining while working cross-functionally with engineering and product partners.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, applied sciences, computer science or related field.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets with high dimensionality and complexity; fluency in SQL and a scripting language (Python or R)
• Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches including in the fields of Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, Econometrics or other related fields
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain learnings to both technical and non-technical partners
• Ability to connect data analysis to real business problems, in order to impact business performance

Responsibilities

• Contribute to our product roadmap and mission - to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love - using data and exploratory analysis to understand user behavior and trends, and identify opportunities for product innovation.
• Design and implement core metrics that guide the team efforts and help design and evaluate A/B experiments that drive these metrics.
• Explore alternative experimentation techniques to help internal teams evaluate their ideas faster.
• Work cross-functionally to build and communicate key insights, and collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to help build the next experiences on Pinterest.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Education

Master's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, applied sciences, computer science or related field

Job description

Pinterest is seeking Data Science interns to evolve and shape the future of our product — inspiring Pinners and connecting them with actionable content, understanding advertisers and measuring the value Pinterest provides to them, and enabling our employees to evaluate potential product changes faster than ever before.

You'll apply quantitative analysis, statistical techniques, modeling and data mining while working cross-functionally with engineering and product partners.