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San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, dedicated to inspiring creativity and bringing joy. They are seeking a Data Scientist Intern to assist in generating actionable insights from data and collaborating with cross-functional teams to influence product strategy during a 12-week internship in Summer 2026.
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- Define success metrics to measure product growth and identify problems through monitoring or forecasting
- Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining to develop strategies for product optimizations
- Quantify the impact of strategies through causal inference and generate actionable insights through deep dive analysis
- Partner with Product, Engineering and cross-functional teams to influence and execute product strategy
Qualification
Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science etc relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proficient in data querying languages and at least one scripting language (e.g. Python、R)
- Experience in one or more of the following methods: forecasting, statistical and causal inference, classification methods.
- Strong product sense and structured thinking, and be able to convert the analysis results into business decisions very well
- Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026
Preferred
- Internship experience in data science
Benefits
- Interns have day one access to health insurance
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
- Housing allowance