Data Scientist II, Infrastructure

About the role

Pinterest is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Infrastructure Data Science team to help make the company's infrastructure more measurable, intelligible, and actionable. You will partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to build data foundations, measurement systems, and analytical frameworks that optimize core technical systems. This role involves translating ambiguous technical problems into clear analyses to support decision-making regarding infrastructure performance, reliability, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to define, measure, and improve the health, quality, and efficiency of Pinterest’s infrastructure systems.
• Build and refine metrics, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that make complex technical systems more understandable and actionable.
• Strengthen data foundations by improving metric definitions, auditing data quality, and contributing to pipeline and measurement improvements where needed.
• Design and analyze experiments, investigations, and deep dives to quantify the impact of infrastructure changes on user experience, reliability, and business outcomes.
• Translate ambiguous technical problems into clear analyses and actionable recommendations for engineering and platform partners.
• Support high-priority investigations and decision-making related to infrastructure performance, reliability, cost, and measurement quality.
• Identify opportunities to improve how Pinterest measures and optimizes infrastructure across a range of domains, such as performance, shopping infrastructure, governance, metrics quality, and site reliability.

Required skills

• SQL
• Analytical programming
• Data pipelines
• Experimentation
• Measurement systems
• Data quality

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Applied Math, Biostatistics, or a related field
• Equivalent practical experience

About the Company

Pinterest is a platform that helps millions of people around the world find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities, and plan for memories. The company focuses on igniting innovation and embracing flexibility to help employees do their best work.