Sr. Data Scientist, Algorithms

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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.Job Duties: Apply advanced statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms to identify key drivers of user and revenue growth across different marketing channels. Develop new statistical models as well as maintain/improve existing models like user lifetime value models. Build predictive models to forecast the impact of marketing tactics on business outcomes and recommend optimal marketing budgets and strategies. Conduct thorough model validation and performance testing to ensure accuracy and reliability of the developed models. Present findings and insights to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner, and provide actionable recommendations for improving marketing effectiveness and ROI. Evolve our experimentation capabilities and tools to evaluate the business impact of marketing investments. Develop end-to-end marketing mix models to evaluate the effectiveness of various marketing channels and campaigns. Advise on experimentation best practices; identifying flaws in experiment practices and results; building tools for experiment analysis; etc. Identify the right measures of success for teams and help them track those metrics. Own the full lifecycle of those metrics from logging requirements, metrics definition, prototype pipelines, and improvements. Write clear, actionable analyses that help teams uncover opportunities and identify areas of improvement to our existing strategies. Telecommuting is permitted.Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field, OR Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or closely related quantitative discipline and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field.Special Skill Requirements: (1) Python; (2) SQL; (3) Spark; (4) Scikit-Learn; (5) Causal inference; (6) Natural Language Processing; (7) TensorFlow; (8) PyTorch; (9) A/B Test; and (10) Data visualization. Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Telecommuting is permitted.Salary: $232,470.00 - $284,900.00 per annumReference #: L24-155810This position is not available for relocation assistance.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 for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.US based applicants only $232,470—$284,900 USDOur Commitment to Inclusion:Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Know Your Rights and Pinterest Policy for more information regarding U.S. roles. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

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