Andy Bashford
Senior Data Scientist, Trust And Safety
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Bashford is a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Trust & Safety with eight years of experience applying data-driven solutions across major internet platforms. He has progressed from business-focused roles in sales and analytics to technical integrity work at Meta, Reddit, and now Etsy, blending client-facing insight with rigorous Python and statistical modeling. Andy’s background in economics and a data science immersive gives him a pragmatic lens for translating ambiguous safety signals into measurable product decisions. He pairs database and analytics expertise with account management instincts, enabling cross-functional collaboration between engineering, policy, and commercial teams. Based in Austin, he’s comfortable operating at the intersection of risk mitigation and growth, often surfacing non-obvious patterns in user behavior to inform enforcement strategies. Colleagues rely on him to turn messy, large-scale data into operational rules and experiments that reduce harm while preserving platform value.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science Immersive, Data Science, Data Science Immersive, Data Science at Galvanize IncEconomics, Business Emphasis, Economics, Business Emphasis at University of Colorado BoulderGithub contributions (5)
andrewjbashford/GalvanizeCapstone
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:122 commits, 110 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
andrewjbashford/Songs-About-You
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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