Data Science Intern

Pinterest

Confirmed live yesterday High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CAPalo Alto, CASeattle, WANew York, NY
Employment
Intern
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $164k
$99k most similar roles pay here $226k

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $114,400–$214,000.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Pinterest

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 48 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $177,185–$339,078 across 42 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Pinterest

At a glance

TL;DR · Data Science Intern

Master's Data Science Internship 2027 (USA) is a role where you will join the data science team to shape product features and improve user engagement. You will perform exploratory analysis to understand user behavior, design core metrics for A/B experiments, and identify opportunities for innovation. Your daily work involves collaborating cross-functionally with engineers and product managers to translate complex data into actionable insights that influence the product roadmap. To succeed, you must be proficient in SQL and a scripting language like Python or R while applying quantitative techniques such as machine learning, statistical modeling, forecasting, and econometrics. You will also manage high-dimensional datasets and utilize AI-assisted workflows to solve business problems. The role focuses on enhancing user experience, measuring advertiser value, and refining the internal experimentation platform through rigorous data mining and analysis.

What you'll do

  • Perform exploratory analysis on user behavior and trends to identify opportunities for product innovation.
  • Design and implement core metrics to guide team efforts and evaluate A/B experiments.
  • Develop alternative experimentation techniques to help internal teams evaluate ideas more quickly.
  • Manipulate large, complex datasets using SQL and scripting languages like Python or R.
  • Solve analytical problems using machine learning, statistical modeling, forecasting, and econometrics.
  • Translate data analysis into actionable insights to solve real business problems and improve performance.
  • Validate the correctness, performance, and security of AI-generated suggestions and workflows.
  • Communicate technical findings and key insights to both technical and non-technical partners.

What we're looking for

  • Currently pursuing a Master's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, applied sciences, computer science, or a related field.
  • Ability to manipulate large data sets with high dimensionality and complexity.
  • Fluency in SQL and a scripting language such as Python or R.
  • Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches including Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, or Econometrics.
  • Excellent communication skills to explain findings to both technical and non-technical partners.
  • Ability to connect data analysis to real business problems to impact performance.
  • Strong critical thinking when working with AI-generated suggestions regarding correctness, performance, security, and maintainability.
  • Comfort iterating on prompts and refining workflows using AI-assisted approaches.

More like this

Similar roles

PhD Data Science Intern

Pinterest

San Francisco, CA +3 2 days ago
SQL Python R Machine Learning Statistical Modeling Data Mining Econometrics Forecasting Quantitative Analysis
Hybrid

PhD Machine Learning Intern

Pinterest

San Francisco, CA +3 2 days ago
Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Python Java C++ TensorFlow PyTorch MLFlow Natural Language Processing Neural Networks Graph Representation Learning Big Data Analytics Data Engineering Recommender Systems AI-native Engineering Inference Training
Hybrid

Data Analyst Intern

Lyft

New York, NY 22 days ago
SQL Quantitative Analysis Reporting Dashboards Data Engineering Operations Research Statistics Econometrics
Hybrid

Data Science Intern

Coinbase

San Francisco, CA 3 days ago
SQL Python Machine Learning A/B Testing Causal Inference Statistical Modeling Data Analysis
Hybrid

Data Scientist

Pinterest

San Francisco, CA +3 2 days ago $124,950–$168,000
SQL Python R Machine Learning Statistical Modeling Data Mining Forecasting Econometrics Quantitative Analysis
Hybrid

Data Science Internship

Capital One Financial

McLean, VA +4 76 days ago
Python R SQL Machine Learning Deep Learning Relational Databases Inferential Statistics Data Analysis APIs Feature Engineering
Hybrid