Data Scientist, Actor Integrity

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us.

Team Introduction

The TikTok Business Integrity team is at the core to power monetization drive for TikTok on a global scale. The team builds the foundation to safeguard our advertisement platform and uses cutting-edge technologies to bring the most value to our users as well as business partners. In Singapore, we commit to uphold the integrity of the platform by taking advantage of human insights to know more about advertisers and use signals to optimize the tradeoff between risk and advertiser experience.

Responsibilities

1. Work with large, complex data sets. Solve difficult, non-routine integrity analysis problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed. Conduct analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations.
2. Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale.
3. Develop comprehensive knowledge of TikTok data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for product development.
4. 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.
5. Research and develop analysis, forecasting, and optimization methods to improve the quality of TikTok ads products.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience.
2. 5+ years of relevant work experience, including expertise with statistical data analysis such as linear models, multivariate analysis, stochastic models, sampling methods.
3. Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL).
4. Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.
5. Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem. Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualification

1. Maintain curiosity about new things, and have a strong sense of responsibility, integrity, and reliability.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.