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TikTok · 4 weeks ago

Senior Data Scientist, Trust & Safety - USDS

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$144K/yr - $329K/yr

5+ years exp

TikTok is a leading destination for short-form mobile video, dedicated to inspiring creativity and bringing joy. The Senior Data Scientist will play a crucial role in ensuring a safe and trustworthy environment for users by partnering with various teams to enhance safety efforts through data analysis and machine learning solutions.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with product, operations, policy, and engineering teams to scope, design, execute, measure, and improve the impact of US Safety efforts

This individual will break down the hairiest of problems by applying the full data science toolkit and provide insights to stakeholders across the organization to change minds and hearts

Be constantly curious and continue to pursue in-depth explorations of our datasets and business

Conduct quantitative analysis, deliver insights, and influence US Safety decision making through understanding of user behavior and safety ecosystem

Independently design, research, develop and apply ML/AI solutions to solve business problems, including prediction, optimization, segmentation and so on

Deep understanding of our organization's data structure; look for ways to improve to enhance our ability to perform robust data analysis; create new data sets when there is little or no data available, to inform marketing analysis

Design and monitor core metrics; perform root cause analysis to explain drivers

Identify trends and opportunities to drive safety initiatives and create a healthy ecosystem for content creators, users, and consumers

Collect and provide quantitative and qualitative information to measure risk of feature/product launches and answer strategic business questions

Qualification

Data ScienceMachine LearningStatistical AnalysisSQLPythonData VisualizationProduct AnalyticsExperimentationQuantitative AnalysisData InfrastructureCommunication SkillsAdaptability

Required

Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics/Statistics and other STEM majors is required

Over 5+ years of industry experience in data science, data analytics, product analytics, quantitative analysis and machine learning experience to build ML-driven products for solving business problems

Experience with experimentation and testing of Minimum Viable Products to determine if proposed business models / solutions scale up

Experience in utilizing SQL/Python to extract, manipulate, and analyze datasets

Experience with creating data visualizations to communicate metric performance

Experience with statistical analysis or data modeling techniques, including: hypothesis testing, experiment design, and common regression and classification algorithms

Experience building data infrastructure and implementing reporting solutions

Preferred

4 or more years of experience as a Product or Applied Data Scientist

Your ability to work in a high tempo environment, adapt, respond to day-to-day challenges of the role

Your resilience and commitment to self-care to manage the emotional demands of the role

Previous experience in data science, data analytics, or product analytics at a consumer technology company

Passion for social technology products and a curiosity to learn and grow with a fast paced company

Experience working with international partners in different time zones

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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