Senior Data Scientist, Trust & Safety - USDS

About the role

TikTok's US Data Security Safety team supports innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms for the US market. The Senior Data Scientist on this team will contribute to ensuring a safe, trustworthy, and risk-free environment for content creation and enjoyment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, operations, policy, and engineering teams to scope, design, execute, measure, and improve US Safety efforts
• Break down complex problems using the full data science toolkit and provide insights to stakeholders
• Conduct quantitative analysis, deliver insights, and influence US Safety decision making
• Design and monitor core metrics; perform root cause analysis
• Identify trends and opportunities to drive safety initiatives
• Collect and provide quantitative and qualitative information to measure risk of feature/product launches

Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.S., or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics/Statistics and other STEM majors
• Over 5+ years of industry experience in data science, data analytics, product analytics, quantitative analysis, and machine learning
• Experience with experimentation and testing of Minimum Viable Products
• 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 Qualifications

• 4 or more years of experience as a Product or Applied Data Scientist
• Ability to work in a high-tempo environment, adapt, respond to day-to-day challenges of the role
• 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

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $144,000 - $329,334 annually. Additional benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 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, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).