Google

Engineering Analyst, YouTube Trust and Safety Scaled Abuse and Analytics

Google$132K — $189K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in data analysis, identifying trends and generating insights.
  • 2 years of project management experience, defining scope and deliverables.
  • Experience with SQL (e.g., SQL, MySQL, MapReduce).
  • Master's degree in a quantitative discipline (preferred).
  • Experience with machine learning systems (preferred).
  • Experience with programming languages such as SQL, R, Python, or C (preferred).
  • Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) for abuse detection (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement strategies to enforce YouTube policies at scale using data-driven insights.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create complex anti-abuse solutions.
  • Provide independent incident response for abuse-related issues, analyze root causes, and implement mitigation steps.
  • Learn and apply complex technical concepts to deliver results in user safety.
  • Design and refine prompts for LLMs to enhance their accuracy in identifying abuse.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Mental health support and wellness programs.
  • Generous retirement plans and financial savings options.
  • Paid time off and flexible working hours.
  • Professional development opportunities and education reimbursement.
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X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Bruno, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • 2 years of experience managing projects and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables.
  • Experience in SQL (e.g., SQL, MySQL, MapReduce).

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree in a quantitative discipline.
  • 2 year of experience with machine learning systems.
  • 2 year of experience with one or more of the following languages: SQL, R, Python, or C .
  • Experience leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate the detection and mitigation of platform abuse, including spam, phishing, or violative content.


About the job

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what's right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.

As an Engineering Analyst on the YouTube Trust and Safety team, you will be directly responsible for ensuring that we identify and remove disruptive content and users, in an environment where hundreds of hours of new content is uploaded every minute, globally.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement strategies and solutions to enforce YouTube policies at scale. Provide data-driven insights and recommendations for effective abuse prevention and enforcement. Leverage Machine Learning, as appropriate.
  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders and partners in engineering, product and policy to drive complex anti-abuse solutions involving and impacting various cross-functional areas.
  • Provide incident response for abuse problems, operating independently. Analyze and draw conclusions on root-causes and define and implement mitigation steps.
  • Learn complex and technical concepts and systems and deliver meaningful results using them. Communicate technical results and methods clearly.
  • Design and refine prompts for LLMs to improve their accuracy in identifying and classifying abusive content and behavior. This may include prompt engineering, data labeling, and performance analysis.


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About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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