Pinterest · 1 month ago
Sr. Data Scientist, Gen AI Automation
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $288K/yr
8+ years expPinterest is a platform where millions find creative ideas and plan memories. They are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join their IT Enterprise Systems team, focusing on building analytics engineering and GenAI capabilities to enhance business execution and create trusted data models and pipelines.
Telecom & CommunicationsSocial MediaSoftwareInternetPhoto SharingSocial BookmarkingSocial NetworkVisual Search
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build production-grade GenAI-enabled analytics solutions that integrate enterprise data sources (e.g., Salesforce, Gong, Oracle, IBM Planning Analytics, and other SaaS platforms)
Establish end-to-end LLM pipelines (retrieval/orchestration) with evaluation frameworks, observability, and validation guardrails to ensure reliability and safety
Lead technical scoping for GenAI use cases, assessing feasibility, accuracy expectations, risk, and ROI—then translating into clear technical plans
Design and own analytics-ready data models, including dimensional modeling (star schemas, fact/dimension tables, SCD Type 2) that support reporting, forecasting, and downstream applications
Develop and maintain robust data pipelines and orchestration (Airflow and/or dbt or similar), including data quality checks, SLAs, monitoring, and failure recovery
Write and optimize complex SQL for transformation and analysis across enterprise datasets (joins, window functions, CTEs, performance tuning)
Partner closely with business stakeholders, turning ambiguous questions into well-scoped requirements, success metrics, and deliverables; communicate tradeoffs and constraints clearly
Use AI tools to accelerate development responsibly (e.g., drafting SQL/Python, iterating on prompts, summarizing findings), while applying rigorous testing and verification
Define best practices for GenAI in analytics engineering, including prompt patterns for analytics tasks, model selection, and cost/latency optimization
Qualification
Required
8+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, data science, or related roles (or equivalent experience)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Strong understanding of LLM fundamentals and practical tradeoffs, including: Capabilities, limitations and common failure modes; Tokenization, context windows, latency/cost considerations; RAG vs. fine-tuning vs. prompting/tools for use cases
Expert SQL skills (complex joins, window functions, CTEs, query optimization)
Hands-on experience with dimensional modeling (star schemas, SCD Type 2) and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, dbt
Demonstrated ability to validate AI-assisted output
High integrity and ownership to handle sensitive enterprise data appropriately and remain accountable for final outputs
Strong stakeholder communication with the ability to explain technical constraints to non-technical partners
Experience with GenAI coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate development while maintaining code quality and maintainability
Benefits
The position is also eligible for equity.
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Company
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.49BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Brandtech VenturesGoldman Sachs Investment Partners,SV Angel,Wellington Management
2026-03-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2022-07-14Post Ipo Equity
2020-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Matt Madrigal
Chief Technology Officer
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
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