Data Scientist - TikTok Social Interaction (San Jose)
TikTok.com
Office
San Jose, California, United States
Full Time
TikTok-Data Science team is responsible for all data science and analytics related work, cooperating with all key value chains in TikTok, including User Growth, PGC, Content Ecosystem, Social, Creation, Product Infrastructure, Research and Science etc. The goal of the team is to generate actionable insights from data and help the stakeholders to make the right decisions. Our main tasks include metrics defining, root cause analysis, experimentation methodology, feature/strategy evaluation and exploratory analysis to find more opportunities.
The primary role of a Data Scientist for our Data team is to conduct deep analysis into user behavior, product features and content ecosystem to generate business insights that could be applied to actionable improving initiatives. You will work closely with cross-function teams, such as Product Management, Research and Development, Machine Learning Engineering, to improve user experience and fulfill growth of TikTok in all different regions.
About Team
Our social team's mission is to help people discover, build, and sustain meaningful connections. We design features that spark interactions, measure the health of relationships on our platform, and use experimentation and causal inference to ensure we’re improving outcomes that matter—quality conversations, trusted interactions, and highly retained relationships. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Trust & Safety to turn insights into experiences that make connecting easier and better.
What You’ll Do
- Experimentation & Causal Inference
- Design, launch, and analyze A/B tests and quasi-experiments.
- Ensure rigor: power analysis, guardrails, heterogeneity, and causal validity.
- Social Graph & Connections
- Analyze and model the social graph to understand how users connect.
- Develop signals and strategies that drive high‑quality interactions and growth.
- Metrics & Product Health
- Define and monitor core product metrics and leading indicators.
- Investigate metric movements and recommend data‑driven actions.
- Insights to Action
- Partner with Product and Engineering to turn findings into roadmap and features.
- Communicate clearly with concise narratives and visualizations.
The primary role of a Data Scientist for our Data team is to conduct deep analysis into user behavior, product features and content ecosystem to generate business insights that could be applied to actionable improving initiatives. You will work closely with cross-function teams, such as Product Management, Research and Development, Machine Learning Engineering, to improve user experience and fulfill growth of TikTok in all different regions.
About Team
Our social team's mission is to help people discover, build, and sustain meaningful connections. We design features that spark interactions, measure the health of relationships on our platform, and use experimentation and causal inference to ensure we’re improving outcomes that matter—quality conversations, trusted interactions, and highly retained relationships. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Trust & Safety to turn insights into experiences that make connecting easier and better.
What You’ll Do
- Experimentation & Causal Inference
- Design, launch, and analyze A/B tests and quasi-experiments.
- Ensure rigor: power analysis, guardrails, heterogeneity, and causal validity.
- Social Graph & Connections
- Analyze and model the social graph to understand how users connect.
- Develop signals and strategies that drive high‑quality interactions and growth.
- Metrics & Product Health
- Define and monitor core product metrics and leading indicators.
- Investigate metric movements and recommend data‑driven actions.
- Insights to Action
- Partner with Product and Engineering to turn findings into roadmap and features.
- Communicate clearly with concise narratives and visualizations.