Data Scientist, PGC - TikTok

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company seeks a Data Scientist to analyze user behavior and product features to provide actionable insights. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and stimulate TikTok's growth through data-driven strategies. Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's degree and proficiency in SQL and Python, along with strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays and 10 sick days per year

17 days of paid personal time annually

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years related work experience.
• Excellent product analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user behavior and product features.
• Design metrics framework and track core metrics.
• Drive data informed decisions and validate hypotheses.

Skills

SQL

Python

Statistical Analysis

Product Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science or related

Job description

Responsibilities
PGC (Professionally Generated Content) is one of TikTok's key business directions. It satisfies users' differentiated consumption demands by providing professional content. The PGC business is divided into several core modules, including creator growth strategies, posts and content management tools, content distribution strategies, and creator monetization strategies.

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'll Do
- Work with large and complex data to solve technical and statistical challenges, and drive business impact.
- Design metrics framework to measure product healthiness, keep tracking of core metrics and understand root causes of metric movements.
- Drive data informed decisions on experiment launches and rigorously measure the impact of product or technical changes.
- Validate hypotheses, identify product growth opportunities, and influence direction for improvement with analyses, experimentation or other scientific methods.
- Partner with engineers and product stakeholders to deliver product insights and strategy.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, econometrics, quantitative sociology or a related scientific major, with 2+ years of related work experience.
- Expertise in SQL and programming in Python or R.
- Excellent product analysis skills, with 1+ years of experience in product analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong communication, teamwork skills, self-driven and self-learning ability.
- Passion about content products and curiosity to deep dive.
- Experience in content products, content management tools, and creator management strategies.
- Experience operating accounts on social media and content platforms.

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.


Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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://tinyurl.com/RA-request


Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $144000 - $329000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Social Networking Platforms

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