Data Scientist - Multimedia

San Jose, California, US Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted April 2, 2026 Last posted April 2, 2026
Job description

Description

Team Introduction
The Multimedia Data Scientist team at TikTok focuses on optimizing the app experience for users through data-driven solutions. Collaborating with various teams to enhance content creation journeys, utilizing statistical models and data mining techniques to identify opportunities for personalized user publishing experiences.

Responsibilities
- Develop the experience metric system and the corresponding monitoring capability across different stages of creation
- Conduct experimentation, define launch standards and provide suggestions on experiment iterations
- Quantify the impact of creation tool performance on user behavior, such as publish rate, retention, and engagement
- Use data mining for understanding user needs and build models that enable personalized publishing experience
- Work with various partners on landing solutions that meet the needs for evolving products
- Build systemic problem solving capability and research on cutting-edge methodologies

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in data science roles, preferably working on mobile application performance analysis and user experience optimization
- Experience working with creation-oriented user behavior
- Proficient in SQL and Python; experience with big data tools such as Hive or Spark.
- Strong background in A/B testing, metric design, and causal inference.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within the entertainment industry, streaming, social applications
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with rapid product iterations

About this role

Summary

Develop models and systems to enhance user experience and engagement through data analysis and experimentation.

Job title

Data Scientist - Multimedia

Experience level

professional

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Jose, remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

SQLPythonbig dataHiveSparkA/B testingcausal inference

Preferred skills

streamingsocial applicationsentertainment

Specializations

personalizationuser behaviorstatistical modelsdata mining
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Jose, CA, USA

On-site City