Data Scientist II, Experimentation

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . We are seeking a data scientist with a strong background in experimentation and statistical analysis to help us improve and iterate on our experimentation platform. The successful candidate will play a key role in improving our experiment processes at scale, leveraging their expertise to drive innovation and help make sure that Pinterest users are receiving the most thoroughly data-driven features. With thousands of experiments running concurrently, the magnitude of our operations presents a significant opportunity for impact. If you possess a strategic mindset, proven experience in experimental design and analysis, and a passion for driving results, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of experimentation. What you’ll do:; Comb through the literature in experimentation to identify potential methodologies that can improve parts of our platform where we have the biggest opportunities. Make the process of setting up, running and evaluating experiments smoother and more repeatable for our platform users, ensuring that decisions are risk-aware and consistent Write workflows to make our vast experimentation meta-data able to be leveraged by our team and outside of our team to better understand the experimentation landscape. Consult with product data science teams to debug, design or improve their experiments and experimentation process. What we’re looking for: PhD in a relevant field (stats, applied math, biostatistics, etc…) OR 2+ years of hands-on experience working as a data scientist or applied scientist. Experience working directly on experimentation problems and an awareness of state of the art methodologies. The ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code that can be easily maintained and extended by other team members. Proficiency in software development best practices, including version control systems such as Git, to ensure efficient collaboration, code management, and reproducibility in a data science environment. Familiarity with workflow management tools such as Apache Airflow to create and schedule data pipelines, allowing for automated and reliable execution of machine learning workflows. In-Office Requirement Statement: We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country. Relocation Statement: This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. #LI-NM4 #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range