TikTok
Data Scientist Intern (VOD Data) - 2027 Summer
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Optimizes TikTok’s content-creation experience by developing metrics, running experiments, analyzing user behavior, and building models for personalized publishing.
What you'll do
- Develop experience metrics and monitoring across creation stages; define experiment launch standards and recommend iterations.
- Measure how creation-tool performance affects publishing, retention, and engagement, and use data mining to understand user needs.
- Build models for personalized publishing and work with partner teams to implement product solutions.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience in data science roles and working with creation-oriented user behavior.
- Proficient in SQL and Python.
- Experience with big data tools such as Hive or Spark.
Nice to have
- Experience in entertainment, streaming, or social applications.
- Experience with A/B testing, metric design, and causal inference.
Tools
SQL, Python, Hive, Spark
AI focus
Build models that enable personalized publishing experiences.
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