David Wilson is a Principal Data Scientist with 12 years of experience blending rigorous academic research and product-focused analytics to protect and empower users. Currently at Atlassian after leading trust & safety analytics at Meta/Instagram, he specializes in measuring harm, designing interventions against scam actors, and translating network analysis into actionable product metrics. Previously he managed and mentored data science teams supporting People Products, building organizational network datasets and research that informed workforce and DEI decisions. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bath—his thesis on computational real algebraic geometry was nominated for a British Computing Society Distinguished Dissertation award—bringing deep mathematical rigor to practical, cross-functional problems. Based in San Francisco, he is known for combining formal technique with product intuition to surface non-obvious attack vectors and scalable protections.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MMath Mathematics, MMath Mathematics at University of Oxford
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Bath
Master of Science (MS) Mathematics, Master of Science (MS) Mathematics at Rutgers University
Contributions:86 commits, 32 PRs, 60 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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