Data Scientist - Multimedia

About This Role

Working with the Multimedia Data Scientist team at TikTok, you will optimize the app experience for users through data-driven solutions. This involves collaborating with various teams to enhance content creation journeys and utilizing statistical models and data mining techniques to identify opportunities for personalized user publishing experiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop the experience metric system and the corresponding monitoring capability across different stages of creation
• Conduct experimentation, define launch standards and provide suggestions on experiment iterations
• Quantify the impact of creation tool performance on user behavior, such as publish rate, retention, and engagement
• Use data mining for understanding user needs and build models that enable personalized publishing experience
• Work with various partners on landing solutions that meet the needs for evolving products
• Build systemic problem solving capability and research on cutting-edge methodologies

Requirements

• Experience in data science roles, preferably working on mobile application performance analysis and user experience optimization
• Experience working with creation-oriented user behavior
• Proficient in SQL and Python
• Experience with big data tools such as Hive or Spark
• Strong background in A/B testing, metric design, and causal inference

Nice to have:

• Experience within the entertainment industry, streaming, social applications
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with rapid product iterations

Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses/incentives
• Restricted stock units
• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• 10 paid sick days per year
• 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

About the Company

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. Its global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, with offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.