Staff Data Scientist (Monetization)

About this role

• We are looking for an experienced and highly capable Data Scientist to help us drive step function improvements in our ads delivery at Pinterest
• Strategy: Evolve our strategy by working closely with product and engineering leaders to build on past learnings and shape our platform’s future
• Experimentation: Improve our experimentation capabilities and tools for assessing our ad delivery system, advise on best practices, identify flaws, and build tools and frameworks for experiment analysis
• Leadership: Lead and mentor peers, improving team output through continuous, candid feedback that recognizes strengths and identifies areas for growth. Be a technical leader for junior data scientists based in the Toronto office
• Communication: Clearly and concisely communicate complex analytical findings and insights to stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds
• Continuous Learning: Stay informed on the latest developments in data science, causal inference, and advertising technology to drive innovation
• Leverage AI to seek faster execution (i.e. draft, prototype, outline) and explore alternative options (i.e. iterate, compare approaches)
• Leverage AI to synthesize information (summarize, distill themes) and automate repeatable tasks (documentation, reporting, QA checks)- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication skills: able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams
• Experience leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others
• Expertise in SQL and Python
• 8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web-scale data, preferred to have working knowledge of ads delivery and optimization systems
• Proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web-scale data
• High int...