Model Frontier Risk Analyst

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking candidates for the AI Data and Safety team to advance Seed foundational models and improve AI-native applications. You will translate ambiguous safety concerns into testable problems, work with researchers and product managers, and help build scalable data processes for rapid model iteration.

Ideal applicants bring 2+ years in analytics or research, strong problem-solving and measurement skills, and the ability to operate across data, experiments, and evaluation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in analytical, research, strategy, evaluation, or similar problem-solving role.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of an ambiguous problem with measurable outputs.
• Hands-on experience using raw data, cases, or experiments as evidence.
• Strong written and verbal reasoning with clear conclusions and rationale.

Responsibilities

• Research emerging AI safety risks with industry sources, real-world cases, and expert input.
• Define risk mechanisms, scope, boundaries, and representative failure modes.
• Translate risk definitions into evaluation cases, benchmarks, metrics, and thresholds.
• Run exploratory analyses, pilots, and lightweight experiments.
• Review results, identify failure patterns, and iterate methodology.

Skills

Analytical thinking

End-to-end ownership

Research & data analysis

Written & verbal communication

SQL

Python

AI safety awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Python

Agents

Job description

Responsibilities

The AI Data and Safety team plays a critical role in advancing Seed foundational models across modalities and improving AI-native applications built on the Seed model series. We work across the data lifecycle, from defining evaluation approaches and translating user feedback and benchmark outcomes into data requests, to building scalable processes that improve data quality and support rapid model iteration. Our team combines technical and operational capabilities, bringing together multidisciplinary talent across product management, data engineering, and data operations.

Our work is driven by people who think deeply about model behavior, move quickly to solve complex problems, and bring first-hand experience as both builders and users of models and agents. In close partnership with Seed researchers, industry experts, and leading data vendors, we tackle challenging data problems at the frontier of AI development, helping improve both model performance and user experience. Your job is to turn ambiguous concerns into clear, testable problems:

• Work with researchers and product managers to research emerging AI safety risks using industry research, academic work, real-world cases, and expert input
• Define risk mechanisms, scope, boundaries, and representative failure modes
• Translate risk definitions into evaluation cases, benchmarks, metrics, and thresholds
• Run exploratory analyses, pilots, and lightweight experiments
• Review raw cases and evaluation results, identify failure patterns, and iterate the methodology

Prior AI Safety experience is not required. We are open to candidates from research, behavioral science, experimentation, risk, quality, or other adjacent backgrounds who have demonstrated strong problem-solving and measurement skills.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional or research experience in an analytical, research, strategy, evaluation, or similarly problem-solving-oriented role.
• Strong examples of end-to-end / 0-1 ownership of an ambiguous problem: you independently clarified what the problem was, gathered the evidence needed to understand it, and turned it into a concrete output others could use - such as a taxonomy, metric, experiment, test framework, evaluation set, decision rule, or research recommendation.
• Hands-on research or analysis experience using raw data, cases, user research, literature, experiments, or other primary evidence.
• Strong written and verbal reasoning: able to explain what you concluded, what evidence supports it, what remains uncertain, and why you chose one approach over alternatives.

Preferred Qualifications

We welcome candidates with different methodological strengths. You may have one or more of the following:

• Social/behavioral research strengths: experience in behavioral science, HCI, UX research, consumer research, policy research, integrity research, or similar fields; Strong in construct definition, human behavior, qualitative/quantitative research, or experiment design.
• Technical/systems evaluation strengths: experience in search/recommendation quality, experimentation, fraud/risk strategy, QA/test strategy, data quality, model evaluation, reliability, or similar fields; Strong in test design, failure analysis, metrics, and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with GenAI models, AI evaluation, or AI safety.
• SQL, Python, Agents, or other lightweight technical skills that support independent investigation.
• Evidence of successfully learning or moving across domains.

Job Information

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.