Senior Data Scientist, Ads

San Jose, CA (On-site)

$176K/yr – $329K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and scale advanced data analysis for TikTok ads, solving non-routine problems, building pipelines, and communicating insights across cross-functional teams while driving forecasting, optimization, and product improvements.

  • Drive analysis across data gathering, processing, and deliverables with clear storytelling.
  • Prototype scalable analytics pipelines to accelerate insights.
  • Partner with teams to influence product decisions through quantitative impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work with large, complex data sets. Solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed. Conduct analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations.
  • Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale.
  • Develop comprehensive knowledge of TikTok data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development.
  • Interact cross-functionally, making business recommendations (e.g., cost-benefit, forecasting, experiment analysis) with effective presentations of findings at multiple levels of stakeholders through visual displays of quantitative information.
  • Research and develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to improve the quality of TikTok ads products.

Requirements

  • BA, Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience, including expertise with statistical data analysis such as linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods.
  • Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL)

Preferred

  • Experience with Ads, Recommendation, E-Comm, Search etc. is a plus
  • 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. Effective written and verbal communication skills.

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).

Salaries

Posted range

$176K/yr – $329K/yr

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Senior Data Scientist, Ads

TikTok USDS Joint Venture · San Jose, CA · On-site