About the role#
This internship focuses on optimizing the app experience for users through data-driven solutions. You will work with various teams to improve content creation journeys by using statistical models and data mining to identify opportunities for personalized publishing experiences.
What you'll do#
- Develop experience metric systems and monitoring capabilities for different stages of content creation.
- Conduct experiments, define launch standards, and suggest iterations.
- Quantify how creation tool performance impacts user behavior, including publish rates, retention, and engagement.
- Use data mining to understand user needs and build models for personalized publishing.
- Partner with teams to land solutions for product needs.
- Build problem-solving capabilities and research new methodologies.
What you'll need#
- Current pursuit of an Undergraduate or Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in data science, specifically with mobile application performance analysis and user experience optimization.
- Familiarity with creation-oriented user behavior.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python, plus experience with big data tools like Hive or Spark.
- Experience in the entertainment, streaming, or social application industries is a plus.
- Experience with A/B testing, metric design, and causal inference is preferred.
Location & details#
- Location: San Jose, California.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Status: Full-time internship.
- Compensation: $45 per hour.
About TikTok
TikTok operates as an entertainment provider. The company maintains a global presence with offices in cities including Los Angeles, Singapore, New York, London, and Tokyo. It employs over 92,000 people. The organization is privately held.
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