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Sr. Data Scientist, Trust and Safety

Designs ML-assisted sampling frameworks and statistical methods to measure unsafe content prevalence on Pinterest. Builds data pipelines and dashboards for Trust & Safety monitoring, partnering cross-functionally. Requires 5+ years data analysis experience, Python/SQL expertise.

140k – 288kSan Francisco, CAData ScienceRemote5+ YOE

About the role

What you'll do

  • Design and develop ML-assisted sampling techniques, applying expertise in statistical methods to accurately measure the prevalence of unsafe content, treating complex multi-component interactions as distinct measurement units.
  • Apply rigorous statistical methods, drawing on knowledge of all kinds of sampling methods and their proper statistical application for complicated use cases, to calculate prevalence rates for specific Trust & Safety policy violations (e.g., Adult content, Self-harm, Harassment, Misinformation) and to further expand and improve the prevalence measurement.
  • Build large-scale data pipelines to aggregate Pinner-generated queries, system responses, and recommended Pin images into a unified format for human and ML-based safety labeling.
  • Partner cross-functionally to orchestrate "Offline" dashboards and robust "Online" production workflows for continuous safety monitoring.
  • Collaborate closely with Trust & Safety teams to translate written safety policies into unified LLM prompts, coordinate BPO labeling queues, and calibrate labeler decision quality.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience analyzing data in a fast-paced, data-driven environment with proven ability to apply scientific methods to solve real-world problems on web-scale data.
  • Strong interest and hands-on experience in platform safety, prevalence measurement, adversarial testing, responsible data measurement, or Trust & Safety.
  • Deep familiarity with the measurement challenges of a complex ecosystem, including statistical interpretation of data.
  • Experience designing and calibrating measurement frameworks, managing complex logging tables (e.g., user/interaction/component data), and defining directional success metrics.
  • Strong quantitative programming (Python) and data manipulation skills (SQL/Spark); experience with complex ML pipelines and up-sampling.
  • Ability to drive ambiguous measurement projects end-to-end, overcoming unstructured policy dependencies with high ownership.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advocate for decision quality before releasing metrics to executive leadership.

Skills

PythonSQLSparkMachine LearningStatistical MethodsSampling TechniquesData PipelinesLLMsDashboardsMl Pipelines

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