Trust & Safety Data Scientist — AI Metrics & Abuse Analytics

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

YouTube's Trust and Safety team seeks a Business Data Scientist to translate ambiguous safety issues into tractable problems and deliver actionable insights. You will partner across Data Science, Product, Research, and Strategy to scale AI-based systems and measurement frameworks.

You'll work to protect the platform and users globally, developing performance metrics, models, and processes while communicating complex results clearly to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or a relevant PhD degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop, build, and measure performance on YouTube-wide abuse performance metrics and operational metrics (productivity, efficiency, timeliness, etc.), and generate insights to improve the business's ability to decrease the prevalence of violative content on the platform.
• Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of metrics, analysis frameworks, and AI-based systems, creating standardized and defensible solutions applicable across products and violation areas.
• Learn complex and technical concepts and systems and deliver meaningful results using them. Communicate highly technical results and methods clearly.
• Partner with Data Science, Product, Research, and Strategy teams to prioritize and execute sophisticated quantitative analyses and advanced modeling that deliver actionable insights.
• Analyze processes to identify opportunities for improvement, define requirements, and collaborate cross-functionally and globally to improve processes and tools as AI-Native.

Skills

Analytics

Python

SQL

Statistical analysis

Generative AI

AI pipelines

Project management

Communication

Education

Master's degree in a quantitative discipline

PhD in a quantitative discipline

Job description

YouTube's Trust and Safety team seeks a Business Data Scientist to translate ambiguous safety issues into tractable problems and deliver actionable insights. You will partner across Data Science, Product, Research, and Strategy to scale AI-based systems and measurement frameworks.

You'll work to protect the platform and users globally, developing performance metrics, models, and processes while communicating complex results clearly to stakeholders.