TikTok Shop - Data Scientist - Measurement (Governance & Experience)

TikTok Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist for the Governance & Experience (GNE) Data Science & Analytics team.

You will define metrics, provide insights, and build dashboards to monitor marketplace health while surfacing risks and opportunities for improvement. The role focuses on analyzing data to inform policy, product, and operations, conducting complex experiments, and collaborating with stakeholders to optimize measurement strategy and drive data-driven decisions across the e-commerce

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Analytics.
• At least 3 years of Data Science experience in Causal Inference, Experimentation, Product Analytics, Machine Learning, and Statistics expertise.
• SQL & Python or R proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Understand ambiguous business, product and user problems of Governance & Experience business, and apply advanced scientific techniques to find solutions;
• Identify key trends, patterns, and opportunities to drive e-commerce data products adoption, engagement and incremental impacts;
• Conduct A/B testing and complex experimentation (bilateral, networks effect, etc.);
• Partner closely with key stakeholders to optimize overall measurement strategy and design.

Skills

Causal Inference

Experimentation

Product Analytics

Machine Learning

Statistics

SQL

Python or R

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team: Governance & Experience (GNE) is a global team dedicated to building a safe and trustworthy e-commerce ecosystem for users, sellers, and creators. We focus on protecting user experience through policies, rules, products, and systems that ensure quality and trust at scale. Our GNE Data Science & Analytics team drives a worry-free shopping journey on TikTok by:

• Defining and tracking core GNE metrics
• Providing insights to guide policy, product, and operations
• Building dashboards and reports to monitor marketplace health
• Analyzing data to surface risks and opportunities for improvement

Responsibilities:

• Understand ambiguous business, product and user problems of Governance & Experience business, and apply advanced scientific techniques to find solutions;
• Identify key trends, patterns, and opportunities to drive e-commerce data products adoption, engagement and incremental impacts;
• Conduct A/B testing and complex experimentation (bilateral, networks effect, etc.);
• Partner closely with key stakeholders to optimize overall measurement strategy and design.

Qualifications

Miniumum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Analytics;
• At least 3 years of Data Science experience in Causal Inference, Experimentation, Product Analytics, Machine Learning, and Statistics expertise;
• SQL & Python or R proficiency.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree (MS, PhD.) in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Analytics, etc;
• Causal Inference, Experimentation, Product Analytics, Machine Learning, and Statistics experience;
• Business oriented. Have a strong business sense to proactively help Product and Operations identify key business challenges using data-driven insights;
• Strong curiosity and self-driving force;
• Excellent communication skills, an open mind, and positive critical thinking;
• Solid technical & knowledge of A/B testing methodologies, can consistently explore and find the best practice;
• Insightful data sense and rigorous logical mindset, capable of providing systematic approaches to solve business problems.

Job Information

Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $170240 - $263340 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.