The posting, in Pinterest's own words
archived Oct 3, 2026About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . We’re looking for inquisitive, collaborative UX Quantitative Research interns to bring statistical rigor to product decisions. Partnering with mentors across product, design, data, and engineering, you’ll craft surveys, model attitudes alongside usage data, and translate complex findings into compelling narratives for our teams. Expect real projects, supportive teammates, and opportunities to shape Pinterest experiences that are impactful, inclusive, and meaningful for our Pinners.
What you’ll do:
Influence and evolve our product roadmap to help us fulfill our mission - to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love - using data and exploratory analysis to understand user behavior and trends, and identify opportunities for product innovation. Use surveys to gather insights about Pinner, Merchant, Creator, or Advertiser sentiments and preferences using survey methodologies and statistical/modeling based approaches. Explore the intersection of user attitudes and behaviors by combining surveys and log analysis Work cross-functionally to build and communicate key insights. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and researchers to help build the next experiences on Pinterest.
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What we’re looking for:
This position requires current enrollment in a school or education program in which the individual is working towards a PhD in statistics, psychology, sociology, applied sciences, computer science or related field Obtain PhD in statistics, psychology, sociology, applied sciences, computer science or related field by June 2027 Currently pursuing a PhD in statistics, psychology, sociology, applied sciences, computer science or related field. Experience with survey methodology, including experience developing surveys and analyzing survey data Demonstrated experience in descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistics, and experimental design. Experience using Python, R, or SQL. Excellent communication skills and the ability to tell a complete narrative using data. Ability to connect to real business problems, in order to impact business performance.