Data Scientist - TikTok Ads
TikTok
San Jose, CA · Posted November 13, 2026
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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.
- Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with our ads products - Partner with Product and Engineering teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities - Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions - Build/maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics to monitor the performance of our products - Mine massive amounts of data and extract useful product insights - Manage development of data resources, gather requirements, organize sources, and support product launches
Minimum Qualifications - 3+ years experience doing quantitative analysis - BA/BS in Math, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or other quantitative field. Advanced degrees preferred but not required - Fluency in SQL or other programming languages. Some development experience in at least one scripting language (PHP, Python, Perl, etc.) - Experience with large data sets and distributed computing (Hive/Hadoop) a plus
Preferred Qualifications: - 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 - Basic understanding of statistical analysis