Staff Data Scientist, Notifications

Pinterest

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$164,695–$339,078 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k
This role $252k
$106k most similar roles pay here $364k

This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $131,365–$241,462 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $252k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 82 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $164,695–$337,990 across 82 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Data Scientist, Notifications

As a Staff Data Scientist, Notifications, you will join the Notifications team to develop measurement frameworks and metrics that drive data-driven decision making across the user journey. You will serve as a thought partner to product, engineering, and machine learning leadership to prioritize projects and improve machine learning models powering notification delivery and content through direct contributions, new features, and signal analysis. The role involves mentoring other data scientists and translating complex findings into actionable narratives for leadership. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Python or R, proficiency in SQL and Hive, and a strong background in statistics, machine learning, and experimentation. You will solve problems related to notification strategy and growth by transforming vague questions into well-defined analyses while navigating the complexities of web-scale data and A/B testing for user products.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Remote?

Median $217225 from 40 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop measurement frameworks and metrics to drive data-driven decisions across the full user journey.
  • Analyze and communicate recommendations to leadership on how to evolve the notifications strategy.
  • Perform opportunity sizing and analysis to identify areas for improvement in growth strategies.
  • Partner with product, engineering, and ML leadership to prioritize and scope projects for the notifications team.
  • Improve machine learning models for notification delivery and content through direct contributions and new features.
  • Translate vague business questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics.
  • Lead technical projects and influence the scope and output of cross-functional teams.
  • Mentor other data scientists to ensure high-quality output across the team.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web-scale data.
  • Strong background in statistics, machine learning, and/or experimentation.
  • Expertise in at least one scripting language, ideally Python or R.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Hive.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams to iterate on products via A/B experimentation.
  • Experience leading technical projects and influencing the scope and output of others.
  • Strong business and product sense to translate vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

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