Responsibilities - Work with large, complex data sets and conduct end-to-end analyses including data gathering, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations. - Build and lead a high-performance analytics team and prototype scalable pipelines delivering insights at scale. - Develop deep knowledge of TikTok data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development and measurement accuracy. - Develop deep partnerships with engineer and product teams to deliver on major cross-functional measurements, testing, and modeling efforts. - Partner with Data Engineering to ensure data accuracy and consistency. - Build and manage high performance, responsive team of data scientists and analysts that are able to not only keep up with but also pioneer in this space Requirements - MS or PhD in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics, etc. - Years of experience in data science, algorithmic engineering, or machine learning - Many years of experience in managing and mentoring data science, data engineering, and analytics teams in a technology company - Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL) - Experience building data science models (Regression, Decision Trees, K-Means, etc.) - Experience with large data sets and analytical tools, e.g. Hive, Spark Nice_to_have - 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. Benefits - 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.