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Data Scientist- TikTok Ads, Ads Targeting, Auction and Delivery
Data Scientist- TikTok Ads, Ads Targeting, Auction and Delivery-December 2024
Mountain View
Dec 15, 2025
ABOUT TIKTOK
As the leading destination for short-form mobile video, TikTok’s mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
5,001 - 10,000 employees
Social Media, Technology
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About Data Scientist- TikTok Ads, Ads Targeting, Auction and Delivery

  Responsibilities

  TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Mountain View (CA), Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

  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.

  Ads Targeting, Auction and Delivery are the key parts of TikTok online advertising platform - an automatic system that optimizes which ads to display to users and determines how much advertisers should pay for them. The successful candidate will gain an understanding of the data science techniques to power TikTok monetization and drive meaningful improvements in ads targeting and ranking models.

  Responsibilities

  - Inform, influence, support, and execute our product decisions through data.

  - Research applied data science questions in our ads system to improve prediction accuracy, develop data-driven go-to-mark strategies, and drive advertiser value.

  - Work closely with engineering and product teams to develop hypotheses, run experiments and prototype new product ideas.

  - Collaborate with data engineering teams to build/maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics to monitor the performance of our products, provide insights and identify new opportunities.

  - Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop an understanding of the ads targeting/auction/delivery system, analyze current performance and identify opportunities to improve the system.

  Qualifications

  - 5+ years of experience working in an analytics organization, ideally in Tech industry leading companies, especially in the advertising area

  - Ads or Advertiser or Agency experience

  - Advanced degree (PhD, MS or BS) in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science or other quantitative fields

  - Sustained track record of driving business value and improving product with data insights, especially in advertising, growth, marketing or relevant domains.

  - Experience with ML and statistical knowledge, fluency in Python, SQL, Scala or other programming languages.

  - Be intellectually curious, a great communicator, data-driven, a fast learner and able to move fast while keeping focused on high impact projects

  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 believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

  TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].

  Job Information

  [For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

  The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $153000 - $296000 annually.

  Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

  Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

  We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

  Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

  We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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