Data Scientist Graduate: Platform Safety & Impact

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Data Scientist Graduate (Platform Safety) based in San Jose to leverage data science for safeguarding content, users, and privacy. You will design core metrics and monitoring systems and provide data-driven insights for platform safety initiatives.

As a graduate, you will have opportunities to tackle challenging problems, pursue bold ideas, and grow with a global tech leader while onboarding by year-end. Candidates may apply to two positions; rolling reviews apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science or a related discipline.
• Proficient in data querying languages and at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, SQL, R).
• Experience in forecasting, statistical and causal inference, classification methods.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core metrics systems for platform safety and risk, including content violations, user reports, and account risk.
• Develop monitoring and anomaly detection systems to identify security incidents and support risk alerts.
• Apply statistical methods (A/B testing, causal inference, regression) to evaluate policy effectiveness and optimize experiments.
• Develop quantitative analysis systems for business challenges and translate insights into actionable improvements.
• Create reusable analysis frameworks and tools to enhance team capabilities.
• Collaborate with product, operations, R&D, and algorithm teams to productize data insights.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Forecasting

Causal Inference

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Data Science or related field

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Data Scientist Graduate (Platform Safety) based in San Jose to leverage data science for safeguarding content, users, and privacy. You will design core metrics and monitoring systems and provide data-driven insights for platform safety initiatives.

As a graduate, you will have opportunities to tackle challenging problems, pursue bold ideas, and grow with a global tech leader while onboarding by year-end. Candidates may apply to two positions; rolling reviews apply.