Data Scientist - Trust & Safety

TikTok, Singapore

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Location: Singapore
Work type: Not given
Level: Not given
Experience: 5+ years
Skills in the job text: Python
SQL
Excel
R
Tableau
Posted: Not given
Last check: 18 min ago
Job type: Data science

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The team

The mission of data science is to help Trust & Safety make many good decisions using data. As a member of our team, you are instrumental in ensuring that we use data to keep our users and community safe. You will help scope out projects, ideate on new strategies, and most importantly, use data to find insights, diagnose problems and tell compelling stories. You will partner with a variety of stakeholders across operations, policy, product and engineering teams - both locally and globally.

What you will do

Work with large and complex data sets to support project execution and strategic planning
Design and monitor core metrics; perform root cause analysis to explain drivers
Collaborate closely with the global Trust and Safety team, proactively providing insights and recommendations and overseeing the macro direction of the business
Influence stakeholders through data-based recommendations and mobilize cross-functional teams by telling compelling stories with data to drive business impact and innovative breakthrough
Use data and insights to form best-in-class heuristics to proactively detect and disarm safety incidents
Develop metrics and visualization tools to evaluate risks of the platform and the impact of safety strategies

What you need

5+ years of experience in data science, analytics or quantitative analysis
Experience working with SQL, ETL, R/Python, Tableau, Excel
Experience building data infrastructure and implementing reporting solutions
Experience with creating data visualizations to communicate metric performance
Independently design, research, develop and apply ML/AI solutions to solve business problems, including prediction, optimization, segmentation and so on. Build evaluation systems for outputs to minimise error and bias and identify root causes such as limitations with model's training data / context window.
Ability to solve problems using quantitative approaches; strong communication skills to communicate complex concepts and analytical results across technical and non-technical audiences to drive business impact
Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering)

Nice to have

Experience of working in online content platforms, Trust & Safety or risk management
Experience working with international partners in different time zones
Demonstrated experience using AI tools and emerging technologies to generate insights, improve workflows and develop new capabilities
Passion for social technology products and a curiosity to learn and grow with a fast paced company

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TikTok

Open tech jobs: 1,331
With posted pay: 2%
Median posted base: $218K–$345K

About TikTok: funding, hiring and pay