Data Science Intern; Advertisement Team PhD

Position: Data Science Intern (Advertisement Team) - 2026 Start (PhD)
Responsibilities

Team Introduction:
We're the Tik Tok Monetization Products data science team, who enables and champions data driven decision making. Our Vision is to become the world class data science team, where data is used rigorously to drive all decision making. Our Mission is to drive monetization and sustainable revenue growth for Tik Tok through data science. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship in 2026.

PhD Internships at our Company aim to provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. PhD internships at our Company provides students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, and to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Our dynamic internship blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and development events, and collaboration with industry experts.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date). Responsibilities:

- Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different analytical methods - Design, analyze, and interpret insights end-to-end on a project from data requirement gathering to data processing, modeling, and impactful business recommendations - Partner with cross-functional teams to identify new opportunities requiring the use of sophisticated analytical and modeling techniques - Design, execute, and interpret results of experiments (e.g., A/B testing) - Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to team leadership and influence strategic decision-making

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - Currently pursuing PhD degree in a quantitative field (Economics, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytic etc)

- Experience with data querying and manipulation using SQL, Python, or R

- Experience with data analysis in a scripting language (R, Python, Matlab) - Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications - Internship experience in data science - Research experience in data science - Experience working with cross functional teams - Agile, quick self-learner, highly self-motivated with strong sense of product ownership and creative problem solver - Good collaborator and team player, comfortable working in a fast moving, culturally diverse and globally distributed team environment

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $55- $55.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

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.

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