Data Scientist - TikTok Ads
TikTok
Seattle, WA · Posted November 13, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
More in Washington job market · All Data Scientist jobs (351) · Technology & Software · Data & Analytics jobs
More roles at TikTok
- Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation, Alliance E-Commerce · Seattle, WA
- Account Manager - CPG Care, Global Business Solutions
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer (CV/NLP/Multimodal/LLM) -E-commerce Governance · Seattle, WA
- TikTok Shop - Category Manager, Luxury Resale · Los Angeles, CA
- Machine Learning Engineer - TikTok-Data-Search-Search Quality · San Jose, CA
- Machine Learning Engineer, Search - Local Services Team · San Jose, CA
Similar jobs
- Senior Software Engineer - Internal AI Agent Infrastructure · Qualtrics · Seattle, WA
- Senior Data Scientist - Minecraft · Microsoft · Redmond, WA
- Senior Data Scientist · Microsoft · Redmond, WA
- DATA SCIENTIST LEAD@Seattle, WA ( 5 Days WFO) · Diverse Lynx · Seattle, WA
- Software Engineer III- AI & Engineering/Software as a Service · Deloitte · Seattle, WA
- Capital Project Manager · Chemours · New Johnsonville, TN
Where Seattle, WA ranks
Where Seattle, WA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Pacific Northwest316 jobs · of 8
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest1,776 openings · of 14
- #2Best cities for energy and utilities pay after cost of living$180k · of 18
- #2Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Pacific Northwest17% · of 12
- #2Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Pacific Northwest26% · of 17
- #2Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the West Coast1,776 openings · of 60
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
Data & Analytics jobs · Top Data & Analytics employers · All rankings
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 75 open data scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $130,000 to $191,500 and the median is $154,000.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
TikTok has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 250 workers, most recently August 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
Skills this job asks for
Say which you have and which you want to build. We use it to match you to jobs like this one.
About the job
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.
Responsibilities: 1. Work with large, complex data sets. Solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed. Conduct analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations. 2. Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale. 3. Develop comprehensive knowledge of TikTok data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development. Interact cross-functionally, making business recommendations (e.g., cost-benefit, forecasting, experiment analysis) with effective presentations of findings at multiple levels of stakeholders through visual displays of quantitative information. 4. Research and develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to improve the quality of TikTok ads products.
Minimum Qualifications: - Master's degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, - Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience. - Expertise with statistical data analysis such as linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods. - Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL)
Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques. - Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem. Effective written and verbal communication skills.