Data Scientist

Davita Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 101,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech industry is seeking a Data Scientist to drive innovation through data-driven decision-making. You will lead efforts to apply rigorous scientific methods to complex engineering challenges affecting millions of users. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and offers a competitive salary, reflecting your expertise and experience in machine learning, statistical modeling, and data analysis.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets and apply scientific methods.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to build key insights.
• Build and prototype analysis pipelines to provide insights at scale.

Skills

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Data Analysis

SQL

Python

R

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Job description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace theflexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

As a Data Scientist you will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build at Pinterest. Your expertise in quantitative modeling, experimentation and algorithms will be utilized to solve some of the most complex engineering challenges at the company. You will collaborate on a wide array of product and business problems with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Design, Research, Product Analytics, Data Engineering and others. The results of your work will influence and uplevel our product development teams while introducing greater scientific rigor into the real world products serving hundreds of millions of pinners, creators, advertisers and merchants around the world.

What you'll do

• Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams to help us fulfill our mission - to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love


• Bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of product creation, development and improvement with an appreciation for the behaviors of our Pinners


• Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale while developing comprehensive knowledge of data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development


• 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

What we're looking for

• 4+ 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


• Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches including in the fields of Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, Econometrics or other related fields


• Experience using machine learning and deep learning frameworks, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn


• A scientifically rigorous approach to analysis and data, and a well-tuned sense of skepticism, attention to detail and commitment to high-quality, results-oriented output


• Ability to manipulate large data sets with high dimensionality and complexity; fluency in SQL (or other database languages) and a scripting language (Python or R)


• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain learnings to both technical and non-technical partners


• A team player who's able to partner with cross-functional leadership to quickly turn insights into actions


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only

$101,382—$209,296 USD

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

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