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Data Scientist - Multimedia

TikTok

San Jose, CA · Posted November 13, 2026

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  • Python
  • SQL
  • A/b testing

About the job

Team Introduction The Multimedia Data Scientist team at TikTok focuses on optimizing the app experience for users through data-driven solutions. Collaborating with various teams to enhance content creation journeys, 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

Minimum Qualifications - 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.

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