Data Scientist Graduate (TikTok LIVE-Data Science) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Responsibilities

About the Team
TikTok's data scientist team is a critical component of the platform's success, responsible for leveraging data to enhance user experience, optimize content delivery, and drive business decisions. As a leading social media app known for its short-form video content, TikTok relies heavily on data science to stay ahead in a competitive market.

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.

Job Description
- Conduct data analysis in LIVE related business, including watching experience, creator ecosystem, agency management, algorithm improvement and etc..
- Design metrics framework to measure product healthiness, keep tracking of core metrics and understand root causes of metric movements.
- Conduct scientific evaluation with statistical methods, including A/B testing and casual inference.
- Identify growth opportunities with data analytics, and drive business decisions. Work with PM/MLE/RD to deliver product and strategy improvement.
- Research data science theories and methodology, improve analysis efficiency and data product tools.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Final year or recent graduate with a background in Math/Computer/Machine Learning major.
- Expertise in SQL and programming in Python or R.
- Strong analytical and causal reasoning mindset, and rigidity on statistical correctness. Strong communication and passion about product challenges.

Preferred Qualifications: