Data Scientist: Content Safety & Risk Analytics

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Data Scientist to design, build, and maintain metrics systems focused on platform content safety and risk. You will develop monitoring, anomaly detection, and analytical capabilities to support policy decisions and incident response.

You will apply causal inference, A/B testing, and regression analysis to evaluate security policies and drive data-driven improvements, collaborating with product and R&D teams to translate insights into safer platform experiences.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of data science experience in a relevant field.
• Proficient in SQL and Python/R with strong data visualization skills.
• Familiar with machine learning principles and methods such as causal inference and A/B testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core metrics systems for content safety and risk.
• Develop monitoring and anomaly detection systems for security incidents.
• Apply statistical methods including A/B testing and causal inference to evaluate policies.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and R&D to translate insights into improvements.

Skills

SQL

Python/R

Data visualization

Causal inference

A/B testing

English working language

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in statistics, data science, economics, mathematics, or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Data Scientist to design, build, and maintain metrics systems focused on platform content safety and risk. You will develop monitoring, anomaly detection, and analytical capabilities to support policy decisions and incident response.

You will apply causal inference, A/B testing, and regression analysis to evaluate security policies and drive data-driven improvements, collaborating with product and R&D teams to translate insights into safer platform experiences.