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Tik Tok

Data Scientist- Tik Tok Ads, Ad Inventory & User Experience

3+ months ago• San Jose, CA
Viewed on February 1, 2026
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About Us

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video and our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

• Size: 5001-10000 employees
• Industry: Entertainment & Gaming, Social Media, Technology

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Responsibilities:

We're the Tik Tok Monetization Products data science team, who enables and champions data driven decision making. Our Vision is to become the world class data science team, where data is used rigorously to drive all decision making. Our Mission is to drive monetization and sustainable revenue growth for Tik Tok through data science.

Ad Inventory & User experience teams are focusing on monetization problems from the angle of Tiktok users. The main goal is to find optimal ways to monetize users' time on Tiktok, maximizing monetization return while minimizing disturbance to users. We focus on a lot of interesting problems, such as what users are more sensitive to ads, what kind of signals can help us identify users' ad preferences and how we should better allocate ads among users.

Responsibilities:

• Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions through data

• Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our customers interact with our ads products

• Help your partner teams prioritize what to build, set goals, and understand their product's ecosystem.

• Analytics: guide teams using data and insights

• Partner with Product, Engineering, User Research, Designer and other teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities

• Collaborate with data engineering to build/maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics to monitor the performance of our products and identify insights

• Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our products that serve billions of people and millions of businesses

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications
• 5+ years experience doing quantitative analysis.
• BA/BS in Math, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields. Advanced degrees are preferred but not required.
• Sustained track record of driving business value and improving product with data insights, especially in advertising, growth, marketing or relevant domains.
• Fluency in SQL or other programming languages (Python, R etc) for data manipulation
• The ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• The ability to communicate the results of analyses in a clear and effective manner
• Experience building up a team or mentoring other DS is a plus.

Job Information:

For Pay Transparency Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $176356 - $395280 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:

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Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CAJob ID: Tik Tok-7082934120770767117Employment Type: OTHERPosted: 2024-12-06T13:21:39Apply on company site

Perks and Benefits

Health and Wellness

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA
• Life Insurance
• Fitness Subsidies
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• On-Site Gym
• Mental Health Benefits
• Virtual Fitness Classes

Parental Benefits

• Fertility Benefits
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Family Support Resources

Work Flexibility

• Flexible Work Hours
• Hybrid Work Opportunities

Office Life and Perks

• Casual Dress
• Snacks
• Pet-friendly Office
• Happy Hours
• Some Meals Provided
• Company Outings
• On-Site Cafeteria
• Holiday Events

Vacation and Time Off

• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Personal/Sick Days
• Leave of Absence

Financial and Retirement

• 401(K) With Company Matching
• Performance Bonus
• Company Equity

Professional Development

• Promote From Within
• Access to Online Courses
• Leadership Training Program
• Associate or Rotational Training Program
• Mentor Program

Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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