Data analysis
Data Science Graduate (Advertisement Team) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Location
:
San Jose
Employment Type
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Regular
Job Code
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A218525A
Responsibilities
We’re the TikTok 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 TikTok through data science.
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2026. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at TikTok.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduate in a quantitative field (Economics, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytic etc)
• Experience with data querying and manipulation using SQL, Python, or R
• Experience with data analysis in a scripting language (R, Python, Matlab)
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employmen

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship experience in data science
• Research experience in data science
• Experience working with cross functional teams
• Agile, quick self-learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver.
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment

• Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical methods
• Design, analyze, and interpret insights end-to-end on a project from data requirement gathering to data processing, modeling, and impactful business recommendations
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify new opportunities requiring the use of sophisticated analytical and modeling techniques
• Design, execute, and interpret results of experiments (e.g., A/B testing)
• Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to team leadership and influence strategic decision-making
  Qualifications
  Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduate in a quantitative field (Economics, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytic etc)
• Experience with data querying and manipulation using SQL, Python, or R
• Experience with data analysis in a scripting language (R, Python, Matlab)
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship experience in data science
• Research experience in data science
• Experience working with cross functional teams
• Agile, quick self-learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver.
• Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment.

Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $114000 - $240000 annually.
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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.
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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).
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The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
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