You Will:- Shape Authentication & Security roadmaps with strategic data science guidance across account creation, login, account recovery, and account protection features.
- Identify and size the highest-impact levers to improve authentication success rates, reduce account takeover rates, and minimize unnecessary user friction.
- Design and evaluate feature experiments across sign-up, login, and account-recovery funnels.
- Quantify tradeoffs between security friction and user protection, and assess how each influences downstream engagement and retention.
- Develop evaluation metrics and ground-truth labeling strategies to strengthen our account security detection models.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Policy, Legal, and UX Research to turn ambiguous problems into clear decisions.
- Translate friction points in the authentication and account-recovery journey into actionable product recommendations.
- Communicate insights to leadership and cross-functional partners to drive prioritization and tradeoff decisions.
You Have:- 5+ years of industry experience in data science, economics, analytics, or machine learning engineering
- 2+ years of experience using scripting languages (Python, R), and big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, and Airflow
- Knowledge of ML and Deep Learning either via formal training or industry experience
- Ability to apply creative first-principles reasoning to solve ambiguous problems
- Experience developing large-scale safety or moderation systems as well as experience with content platforms, specifically user-generated content
- Advanced Degree and/or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, Economics, or other related quantitative fields
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on
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Annual Salary Range
$221,380-$263,670 USD
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
