Staff Data Scientist, Notifications
Join Pinterest as a Staff Data Scientist to enhance the Notifications strategy through data-driven insights and machine learning.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 17 hours ago
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Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
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Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Staff Data Scientist for Notifications at Pinterest focuses on developing measurement frameworks and metrics to enhance data-driven decision-making across the user journey. This role requires expertise in statistics, machine learning, and proficiency in scripting languages like Python or R, along with SQL. Ideal candidates have over eight years of experience in applying scientific methods to large-scale data and possess strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. The position also involves mentoring other data scientists and influencing product strategies.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Pinterest's careers page November 2, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Data Science roles (median ~$179,000).
- Starts above 17% of 29 comparable staff data science roles in United States that list SQL we track (median $200,000 across 16 companies). See SQL salary trends
- SQL appears in 74.5% of 47 comparable staff data science roles in United States; Statistics appears in 4.3% of 47 comparable staff data science roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Data Scientist, Notifications role remote?
- It's hybrid — Pinterest expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US.
- What's the salary range?
- Pinterest lists $164,695–$339,078 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Data Scientist, Notifications role.
- Where is the role based?
- Pinterest is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Hive, Machine Learning, Python, R, SQL, Statistics.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Pinterest targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Data Scientist, Notifications role at Pinterest.
From the original posting
About Pinterest:
What you’ll do:
- Develop measurement frameworks and metrics to drive data-driven decision making, optimizing for the full user journey. Product recommendations. Clearly communicate recommendations to product and engineering leadership on how we can evolve our Notifications strategy to address shortcomings observed through deep analysis. Opportunity sizing and analysis. Write clear, actionable analyses that help teams identify areas of improvement to our growth strategies.
- Thought partner to product, engineering, and ML leadership on the Notifications team to prioritize/scope projects and inform the development of the notifications user experience and corresponding ML systems.
- Improve machine learning models which power notifications delivery and content, via direct contributions, new features/signals, and/or compelling analyses.
- Leadership: Mentor the scope of work for other data scientists, demonstrating high-quality output of both yourself and others for whom you mentor.
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/R)
- Proficiency in SQL/Hive
- Strong business and product sense: delight in shaping vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics that drive business decisions.
- Excellent communication skills: able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams through compelling data narratives.
- Experience working closely with cross-functional teams, iterating on a user product via A/B experimentation.
- Experience leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
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 per quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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