TikTok
Data Scientist, E-commerce Risk/Fraud - USDS
TikTok, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.Why Join Us: Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.About USDS: At TikTok, we're committed to a process of continuous innovation and improvement in our user experience and safety controls. We're proud to serve a global community of more than a billion people who use TikTok to creatively express themselves and be entertained. We also take our responsibility to safeguard our community seriously, both in how we address potentially harmful content and how we protect against unauthorized access to user data.U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a standalone entity of TikTok in the U.S. This new security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and user data in the U.S.About the team: The E-Commerce Risk Control team is missioned to protect TikTok E-Commerce users, including and beyond buyers, sellers, and creators by securing the integrity of our ecommerce ecosystem and providing a safe shopping experience on the platform. The team works to minimize the damage of inauthentic behaviors on TikTok E-Commerce platforms, covering multiple business risk areas such as account integrity, incentive abuse, malicious activities, brushing, click-farm, information leakage, etc.In this team, you'll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable, robust, intelligent, privacy-safe, secure, and product-friendly systems and solutions.Responsibilities:
Build rules, algorithms, and machine learning models to respond to and mitigate business risks in TikTok products/platforms.Analyze business and security data, uncover evolving attack motion, identify weaknesses and opportunities in risk defense solutions.Define risk control measurements. Quantify, generalize and monitor risk-related business and operational metrics.Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or other relevant STEM majors.3+ years of hands-on experience with ML tools such as R, Python, Spark, SageMaker, TensorFlow, or similar.Experience in machine learning and statistical techniques.Must have experience with deep learning and gradient boosting.Demonstrate understanding and experience with relational data sets, data warehouses, data mining, and data analysis techniques.Ability to think creatively and solve problems.Preferred Qualifications:
A PhD in CS, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research, or relevant field.2+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling and analysis.Compelling communication and influencing skills.Experience in e-commerce/online companies in fraud/risk control functions.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. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws.Job Information:
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $228000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
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TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.Why Join Us: Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.About USDS: At TikTok, we're committed to a process of continuous innovation and improvement in our user experience and safety controls. We're proud to serve a global community of more than a billion people who use TikTok to creatively express themselves and be entertained. We also take our responsibility to safeguard our community seriously, both in how we address potentially harmful content and how we protect against unauthorized access to user data.U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a standalone entity of TikTok in the U.S. This new security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and user data in the U.S.About the team: The E-Commerce Risk Control team is missioned to protect TikTok E-Commerce users, including and beyond buyers, sellers, and creators by securing the integrity of our ecommerce ecosystem and providing a safe shopping experience on the platform. The team works to minimize the damage of inauthentic behaviors on TikTok E-Commerce platforms, covering multiple business risk areas such as account integrity, incentive abuse, malicious activities, brushing, click-farm, information leakage, etc.In this team, you'll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable, robust, intelligent, privacy-safe, secure, and product-friendly systems and solutions.Responsibilities:
Build rules, algorithms, and machine learning models to respond to and mitigate business risks in TikTok products/platforms.Analyze business and security data, uncover evolving attack motion, identify weaknesses and opportunities in risk defense solutions.Define risk control measurements. Quantify, generalize and monitor risk-related business and operational metrics.Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or other relevant STEM majors.3+ years of hands-on experience with ML tools such as R, Python, Spark, SageMaker, TensorFlow, or similar.Experience in machine learning and statistical techniques.Must have experience with deep learning and gradient boosting.Demonstrate understanding and experience with relational data sets, data warehouses, data mining, and data analysis techniques.Ability to think creatively and solve problems.Preferred Qualifications:
A PhD in CS, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research, or relevant field.2+ years of industry experience in predictive modeling and analysis.Compelling communication and influencing skills.Experience in e-commerce/online companies in fraud/risk control functions.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. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws.Job Information:
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $136800 - $228000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
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