Data Scientist, Community Experience, Trust

Data Scientist, Community Experience, Trust & Safety — As a Data Scientist in TikTok's Trust and Safety team, you will drive data-inspired decisions and form roadmaps to ensure that TikTok Video remains a safe, trustworthy, and risk-free environment. You will scope out projects, use ground-truth data to inform strategies, and influence product design. You will partner with a variety of stakeholders across the product, operations, policy, algorithm, and engineering teams—locally and globally. You will work with stakeholders to implement strategies and design products to proactively detect and disarm safety incidents, while protecting the creator experience with great efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a comprehensive indicator system and quantitative evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of risk control strategies, and continuously optimize the evaluation methods to accurately track risk control capabilities
• Lead strategic planning by analyzing industry trends, competition landscape, and internal data, and translate insights into actionable business plans to enhance platform security and policy execution efficiency
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve business objectives through data-driven approaches, such as monitoring the impact of strategies on risk control capabilities, using statistical methods to establish an efficient decision-making system, and standardizing reusable analysis methods and tools to improve team efficiency
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, align priorities, communicate data-driven recommendations, and drive execution to promote the adoption and practice of a data-driven culture at the organizational level

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or above, preferably in mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or related fields, with a strong foundation in statistics, hypothesis testing theory, and experimental design
• Experience in quantifying complex problems, using statistical methods to analyze multiple factors (e.g., experimental design, causal inference); proficient with SQL, Python, R, Excel, and Tableau
• 2+ years of experience in data science-related industries, familiarity with success metrics design and A/B testing, and understanding of risks in globalization products
• Ability to translate technical analysis results into clear strategic recommendations and experience driving cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced environment
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Network detection capabilities and ability to collaborate with engineering and product teams to design scalable risk identification processes
• Sensitivity to the company's products and tech trends, with strong macro-analysis and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to work in a high-tempo environment, adapt to day-to-day challenges
• Resilience and commitment to self-care to manage emotional demands of the role

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product helps people authentically express themselves, discover and connect—and our diverse teams make that possible. We create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy by working together, with curiosity, humility, and impact in a rapidly growing tech company. We embrace challenges as opportunities to learn and innovate as one team.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people globally, and our workplace reflects the many communities we reach. We celebrate diverse voices and aim to create an environment that mirrors those communities.

Trust & Safety

TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe is a demanding role that can be psychologically taxing. We are transparent about potential hazards and provide comprehensive, evidence-based programs to promote physical and mental wellbeing. We collaborate across functions to ensure a person-centred, innovative approach.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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