At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

Our Trust and Safety R&D team is fast growing and responsible for building machine learning models and systems to identify and defend internet abuse and fraud on our platform. Our mission is to protect billions of users and publishers across the globe every day. We embrace the state-of-the-art machine learning technologies and scale them to detect and improve the tremendous amount of data generated on the platform. With the continuous efforts from our team, TikTok is able to provide the best user experience and bring joy to everyone in the world.

Our Data Science team is a diverse group of problem solvers, located in Singapore, China, Canada and US, who are passionate about translating complex data into clear, actionable insights. By pioneering state-of-the-art data science techniques and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making, we aim to unlock unprecedented growth opportunities and operational excellence.

Responsibilities
1. Design and develop data collection pipelines to gather and preprocess diverse datasets from various sources.
2. Design and develop data processing pipelines, including data labeling, data filtering, data cleaning, data visualization, data auditing, etc.
3. Implement diverse strategies to improve the quality and diversity of data.
4. Research data science theories and methodology to evaluate and improve various CV/NLP models, LLMs.
5. Design metrics framework to measure product healthiness, keep tracking of core metrics and understand root causes of metric movements.
6. You will partner with a variety of stakeholders across the algo, product, operations, policy, and engineering teams - both locally and globally.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree or above, preferably in mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or related fields
2. Proficient in data science analytical tools such as SQL and Python.
3. Possess at least one advantage among content understanding/ moderation, modern machine learning, measurement-and-experiment-driven product iteration, LLM applications, LLM evaluation, prompt Engineering.
4. At least 3 years of experience in at least one of the following data mining areas (not limited to): search, recommendation, ads, content understanding/ moderation, anti-fraud. Good at telling data stories.
5. Ownership; proactive, skillful, candid and clear communication; ability to handle high complexity, urgency, cross-functional alignment; stay empathetic.

TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. 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.