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

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.

PhD:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2026.

Responsibilities
- Define success metrics to measure product growth and identify problems through monitoring or forecasting
- Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining to develop strategies for product optimizations
- Quantify the impact of strategies through causal inference and generate actionable insights through deep dive analysis
- Partner with Product, Engineering and cross-functional teams to influence and execute product strategy

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- final year PhD or recent PhD graduates in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science or relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proficient in data querying languages and at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, SQL, R)
- Experience in one or more of the following methods: forecasting, statistical and causal inference, classification methods.
- Strong product sense and structured thinking, and be able to convert the analysis results into business decisions very well

Preferred Qualifications
- Internship experience in data science
- Research experience in data science
- Experience working with cross functional teams

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Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $114000 - $177777 annually.

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.

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).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA

Job ID: TikTok-7533029768360724744

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-05T04:35:50