Data Scientist, Research, YouTube Trust and Safety
Description For Data Scientist, Research, YouTube Trust and Safety
YouTube is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Trust and Safety Research team. This role combines analytical expertise with product development to enhance YouTube's platform safety and user experience. You'll work with cutting-edge technology, including Large Language Models and AI, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges. The position offers competitive compensation ($127,000-$187,000) plus benefits and equity, reflecting YouTube's commitment to attracting top talent. As a Data Scientist, you'll be instrumental in making YouTube a more responsible social media platform, directly impacting millions of users worldwide. The role requires strong analytical skills, programming expertise in Python and SQL, and the ability to translate business questions into actionable insights. You'll be part of Google's inclusive culture, working from either Mountain View or San Bruno, CA, where your work will directly contribute to improving content trust and safety measures on one of the world's largest video platforms.
Responsibilities For Data Scientist, Research, YouTube Trust and Safety
- Collaborate with stakeholders in cross-projects and team settings to identify and clarify business or product questions to answer
- Provide feedback to translate and refine business questions into tractable analysis, evaluation metrics, or mathematical models
- Use custom data infrastructure or existing data models as appropriate, using specialized knowledge
- Design and evaluate models to mathematically express and solve defined problems with limited precedent
- Gather information, business goals, priorities, and organizational context around the questions to answer
- Own the process of gathering, extracting, and compiling data across sources via relevant tools
- Independently format, re-structure, or validate data to ensure quality, and review the dataset to ensure it is ready for analysis
Requirements For Data Scientist, Research, YouTube Trust and Safety
- Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, a related quantitative field 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 PhD degree
- PhD in quantitative disciplines such as Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics or equivalent practical experience (preferred)
- 5 years of experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis (preferred)
- Experience with Large Language Models or Generative Artificial Intelligence evaluation (preferred)
- Interest and ability to support YouTube to become a responsible social media platform, with impact on our users and society (preferred)
Benefits For Data Scientist, Research, YouTube Trust and Safety
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits package (specific details not provided)
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