Data Science Intern (Advertisement Team) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Description

Team Introduction:
We're the TikTok 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 TikTok 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

Requirements

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