Twitter is hiring in Singapore for its first data science team outside the U.S.

SINGAPORE — Twitter is searching for a team of data scientists to be based in Singapore, in its first effort to create such a team outside of the U.S. Twitter's Linus Lee, who will be moving from Twitter's San Francisco headquarters to Singapore to head the team here, told Mashable the team will be between five and 10 strong, and will focus squarely on growing markets outside the U.S. — where 80% of the company's users now are. SEE ALSO: Twitter may cut photos and links from 140-char