Staff Software Engineering - Analytics Engineering, Core Data Science

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$177,185–$364,795 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $217k
This role $271k
$154k most similar roles pay here $387k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $187,185–$246,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $271k versus about $217k 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 48 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineering - Analytics Engineering, Core Data Science

Staff Software, Engineering – Analytics Engineering, Core Data Science joins the Core Data Science organization to improve the quality and velocity of data science. You will lead a high-performing team of analytics engineers while building rock-solid data foundations, instrumentation best practices, and analysis pipelines. The role involves developing tools for self-service datasets, advocating for data quality, and using AI to accelerate prototyping and automate documentation. You will manage complex data structures and work cross-functionally with product managers and designers to translate insights into actions. Required skills include over six years of experience handling large, high-dimensional datasets, proficiency in SQL and a scripting language like Python or R, and expertise in workflow orchestration and ETL/ELT processes. The role focuses on solving problems related to data democratization and infrastructure optimization for both people-facing and business-facing products.

What does a Software Engineering earn?

Median $152250 from 39 postings across 11 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Mentor a diverse team of analytics engineers while fostering an inclusive team culture.
  • Develop and communicate best practices for instrumentation and experimentation to product engineering teams.
  • Build and prototype AI tools and analysis pipelines to provide insights at scale.
  • Use AI to automate documentation, draft pipelines, and accelerate the prototyping process.
  • Create tools and processes that enable self-service of key datasets and metric investigations.
  • Drive strategies for data quality, data democratization, and comprehensive documentation of tools.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers and designers to translate insights into new features.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience working with data in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
  • Proficiency in SQL and a scripting language like Python or R to manipulate large, complex datasets.
  • Experience conducting workflow orchestration and ETL/ELT with huge datasets and handling DAG data dependencies.
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve workflow speed while ensuring quality through critical evaluation and verification.
  • Proven track record of delivering analytics solutions and translating open-ended goals into defined objectives.
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in automation, anomaly detection, or infrastructure/workflow optimization (preferred).
  • Experience building internal tooling to maximize engineering velocity (preferred).

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