Senior Data Scientist, Global Search

Responsibilities

About the team:
The Global Product & RD team is building up core Tik Tok products to ensure Tik Tok continues a healthy growth, deliver the best product experience to all of our users, build the most attractive features to help users enjoy their time on Tik Tok, earn trust in privacy protection, and more.

The Global Product team is growing exponentially. The business lines are ranging from Monetization Technology, Data, Machine Learning, System, Infrastructure, AR Effects, Security Technology and more.

The Product Data Analytics Team analyses a combination of product usage and product performance data to derive meaningful insights that would serve as a guide to better product and decision making for our business leaders. Our team will work through different business scenarios including improving Tik Tok In-App Search user experiences, Creator ecosystem, etc. In addition, it is important to manage the data life cycle to ensure problems are quantitatively measured to propose logical solutions.

• Responsible for data analysis work related to international product search business.
• Lead a team in conducting in-depth analysis within the business domain. Identify optimization points that can enhance the user search experience across various products based on business logic. Provide clear and actionable optimization solutions, and collaborate with product, operations, algorithm, and development teams to implement these solutions, resulting in actual business growth.
• Lead the team in designing and analyzing various A/B experiments within the search business, evaluating product optimization outcomes, assessing market activity impact, analyzing fluctuations in key metrics, and establishing data systems.
• Stay informed about industry trends and gain insights into the search business. Offer directional analysis guidance to the search business, participate in critical business decisions, and provide solutions to key and challenging issues within the search business.
• Responsible for building specialized models to support the business.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher, with a preference for majors in mathematics, statistics, or computer-related fields.
• Data-sensitive with the ability to quickly grasp business concepts, uncover business details, and establish connections between data.
• Proficient in SQL, with experience in R, Python, or other scripting languages.
• Possess machine learning capabilities, including regression, classification, and clustering.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in internet data analysis is a plus.
• Prior experience in search business and team management is a plus.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong learning ability and curiosity. Keen interest in the internet industry with a desire for long-term development within the field.

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

Inspiring creativity is at the core of Tik Tok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people.

We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless.

Join us.

Tik Tok 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 Tik Tok, 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.

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