Data Scientist, Moonshot
€79-85k
Anti-extremism data analysis and advertising
Job no longer available
Anti-extremism data analysis and advertising
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
€79-85k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To end online harms and provide vulnerable people with positive, supportive messages and services.
Role
Who you are
- 3-5 years of data science or data analytical experience in a commercial environment, including use of machine learning, NLP and other language analysis algorithms, LLMs, etc
- Strong working knowledge of Python and associated data analysis tools
- Strong working knowledge of large-scale data management, processing and analysis
- You are comfortable working with various data management and storage systems, including relational (e.g. MySQL, Athena) and file-based (e.g. parquet)
- Strong data architecture and modelling skills
- You have a good understanding of modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD development, source code management, etc
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Ability to learn quickly in technical and business problem spaces
- Ability to understand complex data
- You’re resilient and open-minded in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
- Has worked in a culture of high-trust where ideas can be freely shared and discussed and where the team makes outcome-oriented decisions together for the benefit of the mission
- Excellent problem solving and strong communication skills, and able to work with cross-functional teams
Desirable
- Familiarity with and passion for ending online harms including violent extremism, disinformation, gender-based violence, etc
- Well-versed in Scrum and/or Kanban
- Comfort with responsibility, decision-making, ownership and autonomy
- You are conscious about security and data protection when contributing to all aspects of software delivery
- You keep up to date on progress on the tools and processes you work with and apply new things you have learned
- You have worked in a fast-paced, agile environment with dynamic priorities and you know how to balance this without affecting the reliability and robustness of your software
What the job involves
- We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Data Scientist to join Moonshot, supporting the Director of Engineering
- We are building our Ireland-based development team from the ground up, and we’re looking for an experienced individual to help with this effort and take our software to the next phase of its evolution
- Understand our data sources and help our harm experts better analyse these to generate insights
- Develop new analytical algorithms to be run against large datasets
- Develop, train and run ML models on our data to get answers to key questions
- Improve our system-wide data architecture to make the best use of our data
- Ensure the organisation’s human expertise and values are harnessed through our technology
- Guide our teams on how best to manage, store and structure data effectively and securely
Our take
Events such as the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville and the January 6 Insurrection are a grim warning of the dangers of allowing extremist material to spread unchecked. Unfortunately, the internet makes this content easy to access, with extremists able to spread their message to vulnerable people across social media and through web searches. Moonshot CVE exists to counter this trend with data analysis and careful advertising strategies.
Unlike other ways of preventing access to dangerous materials, such as site blocking and blacklisted search terms, Moonshot uses its Redirect Method to purchase ad space alongside extremist content. Not all of the advertising is designed to counter extremism. Still, it humanises the targets of propaganda and offers an alternative for people who would otherwise go on to be radicalised by extremist materials. This was trialled effectively against ISIS and was rolled out to combat white supremacists and dangerous conspiracy theories.
Moonshot closed a funding round in 2022 that will be used to drive its international expansion and increase the range of its operations. It is focusing on forming partnerships with tech companies like Google and Facebook to protect their users from extremist content, and is working to develop corporate security products to complement its offering.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2021
$7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $7m
Company benefits
- 30 daysʼ paid annual leave
- Private healthcare package, including coverage for partners and children
- Employee Assistance Programme providing access to mental health support
- Generous maternity and paternity package
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Vidhya Ramalingam
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Board Member for Life After Hate. Was previously a Research Affiliate at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Ross Frenett
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Co-Chair for the Radicalisation Awareness Network. Was Director at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and before that a freelance Terrorism Analyst.
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