Data Scientist, Creation and Interaction - TikTok

About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact-for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

TikTok-Data Science team is responsible for all data science and analytics related work, cooperating with all key value chains in TikTok, including Privacy, User Growth, PGC, Content Ecosystem, Social, Creation, Product Infrastructure, Research and Science etc. The goal of the team is to generate actionable insights from data and help the stakeholders to make the right decisions. Our main tasks include metrics defining, root cause analysis, experimentation methodology, feature/strategy evaluation and exploratory analysis to find more opportunities.

The primary role of a Data Scientist for our Data team is to conduct deep analysis into user behavior, product features and content ecosystem to generate business insights that could be applied to actionable improving initiatives. You will work closely with cross-function teams, such as Product Management, Research and Development, Machine Learning Engineering, to improve user experience and fulfill growth of TikTok in all different regions.

Responsibilities - What You'II Do
- Participate in data science and data analysis work related to TikTok's UGC creation, community interaction, graphic and text business, deeply understand business logic and user needs, solve challenging problems in product and strategy optimization, and optimize user experience
- Design a reasonable metric system to measure the healthy growth of the business, identify anomalies through monitoring, decomposition, and prediction of core metrics, and attribute them
- Measure the impact of strategies through quantitative analysis, statistical modeling, experimental design, causal analysis, etc., identify opportunities for business growth, and provide actionable iterative suggestions
- Work closely with product, algorithm, operations, research and development teams to advance projects togetherMinimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or above, major in statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or related fields, with 2+ years of data analysis experience in the internet industry
- Proficient in quantitative analysis, solid foundation in statistics, familiar with A/B testing, causal inference, machine learning models, etc.
- Proficient in SQL, familiar with one or more tools in Python/R

Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong logical thinking ability, self-driven, and strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills
- Understanding of recommendation systems, experience in analysis related to content platforms, photo&text communities, etc.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

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