Data Scientist II, Infrastructure

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$114,297–$235,319 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Similar $165k
This role $175k
$95k most similar roles pay here $250k

This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$203,100 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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Pinterest is a visual discovery and inspiration platform where people find ideas for home, style, recipes, and more. It serves hundreds of millions of users worldwide through its image and video pinboard product.

Pinterest currently has 82 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Data Scientist II, Infrastructure

Data Scientist II, Infrastructure joins the Infrastructure Data Science team to make complex technical systems more measurable, intelligible, and actionable. Working closely with engineering and cross-functional teams, you will build data foundations, measurement systems, and analytical frameworks to optimize core infrastructure including app performance, shopping infrastructure, metrics quality, governance, and site reliability. You will be responsible for refining dashboards, auditing data quality, designing experiments, and translating ambiguous technical problems into clear recommendations. The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field like Statistics or Applied Math, along with strong SQL and analytical programming skills to navigate messy data. You must possess a solid foundation in experimentation and measurement while demonstrating the ability to communicate technical findings clearly to stakeholders to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, cost, and overall measurement quality across the platform.

What does a Data Scientist earn in California?

Median $208978 from 66 postings across 27 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Partner with engineering teams to measure and improve the health, quality, and efficiency of infrastructure systems.
  • Build and refine metrics, dashboards, and analytical frameworks to make complex technical systems actionable.
  • Strengthen data foundations by auditing data quality and improving metric definitions and pipelines.
  • Design and analyze experiments to quantify the impact of infrastructure changes on user experience and reliability.
  • Translate ambiguous technical problems into clear analyses and actionable recommendations for platform partners.
  • Support high-priority investigations regarding infrastructure performance, cost, and measurement quality.
  • Identify opportunities to optimize infrastructure across domains like site reliability and shopping systems.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in a relevant field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Biostatistics, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong SQL and analytical programming skills to work with messy data and build reliable metrics.
  • Experience contributing to production-ready data pipelines, measurement systems, or foundational data quality improvements.
  • Solid foundation in experimentation and measurement to design analyses and interpret results rigorously.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous technical problems into clear analysis and actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills to explain technical findings to engineering, product, and platform teams.
  • Ability to work independently and prioritize both long-term projects and fast-turn inbound requests.
  • Must be a US-based applicant.

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