Rec Room is hiring a
Staff Data Scientist

Summary

Join Rec Room as a Staff Data Scientist on Trust & Safety to make the platform safe, inviting, and inclusive for all users. You will lead efforts in detecting harmful actors, improve child safety, and build machine learning models to flag malicious players.

Requirements

• 6+ years of analytics experience, with a proven track record of deriving insights that lead to product changes
• 2+ years in trust & safety in a larger organization, experience with child endangerment and law enforcement interaction strongly preferred
• 2+ years in a fraud detection or integrity-focused role within a consumer-based app
• Significant expertise in experimentation methodologies
• Very strong knowledge of SQL
• Experience with Python or R is a plus
• Effective communicator with the ability to distill complex concepts into easily digestible insights
• A Bachelor’s or Masters in Math, CS, or related field

Responsibilities

• Lead our effort in detecting harmful actors and improving child safety on the platform
• Build machine learning models for production that flag malicious players, working with our support teams and law enforcement to reduce harm
• Own the logic and outcomes for our Voice Toxicity system, improving our methodology to identify bad language
• Design KPIs for the T&S org and identify opportunities to lead devs in achieving those KPIs
• Look into fraudulent financial transactions, build our ML models to identify bad actors, and integrate with our support and moderation teams to stop them
• Work closely with our operations team to develop tools to improve moderation efficiency

Benefits

• Flexible vacation
• Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and your children
• Retirement benefits with a company match
• Unlimited paid time off