Lead Data Scientist, Trust & Safety (Remote)

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 339,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Data Scientist in its Core organization—Trust and Safety + Content Quality. You will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products using quantitative modeling, experimentation and algorithms to drive proactive risk management.

You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Design, Research and Data Analytics to deliver scalable insights and improve safety, quality and user experience for hundreds of millions of users.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data analytics experience in a data-driven, web-scale environment.
• Extensive experience in Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, Econometrics or related fields.
• Scientifically rigorous approach with strong attention to detail and results orientation.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets; fluency in SQL and a scripting language (Python or R).
• Excellent communication and ability to explain learnings to technical and non-technical partners.
• Team player who collaborates with leadership to turn insights into action.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep, nuanced understanding of the Pinterest trust and safety platform, quantifying opportunities and risks.
• Lead projects on Trust and Safety opportunities across funnel stages.
• Design and productionize robust ML and evaluation frameworks—spanning statistical measurement, product recommendation, and forecasting.
• Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams to help us fulfill our mission.
• 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

Skills

SQL

Python

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Data Scientist in its Core organization—Trust and Safety + Content Quality. You will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products using quantitative modeling, experimentation and algorithms to drive proactive risk management.

You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Design, Research and Data Analytics to deliver scalable insights and improve safety, quality and user experience for hundreds of millions of users.