{"id":17458,"date":"2026-02-09T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/tiktok-data-science-intern-tiktok-product-data-science-2025-summer-phd\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:42:34","slug":"tiktok-data-science-intern-tiktok-product-data-science-2025-summer-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/tiktok-data-science-intern-tiktok-product-data-science-2025-summer-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok &#8211; Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) &#8211; 2025 Summer (PhD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\r\n  :root\r\n  *\r\n  body\r\n  a\r\n  .container\r\n  .hero\r\n  .heroTop\r\n  h1\r\n  .sub\r\n  .tags\r\n  .tag\r\n  .ctaRow\r\n  .btn\r\n  .btn:hover\r\n  .btnPrimary\r\n  .btnGhost\r\n  .note\r\n\r\n  .grid\r\n  @media (max-width: 980px) }\r\n\r\n  .card\r\n  .cardPad\r\n  .sticky\r\n  @media (max-width: 980px) }\r\n\r\n  h2\r\n  p\r\n  .muted\r\n  .list\r\n  .list li\r\n  .split\r\n  @media (max-width: 540px) }\r\n\r\n  .kv\r\n  .kv:first-child\r\n  .k\r\n  .v\r\n  .section\r\n  .callout\r\n  .footer\r\n  .divider\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"hero\" aria-labelledby=\"job-title\">\r\n  <div class=\"heroTop\">\r\n    <div>\r\n      <h1 id=\"job-title\">Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) &#8211; 2025 Summer (PhD)<\/h1>\r\n      <div class=\"sub\">TikTok \u00b7 Content Creators, Content Discovery<\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"tags\" aria-label=\"Key details\">\r\n        <span class=\"tag\">\ud83d\udccd San Jose, CA<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"tag\">\ud83c\udfe2 On Site<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"tag\">\ud83d\udcb0 $55-$55 \/hr<\/span>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"ctaRow\">\r\n      <a class=\"btn btnPrimary\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeattiktok.com\/earlycareers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n        Apply on company site \u2197\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Internship details\">\r\n  <div>\r\n    <article class=\"card\">\r\n      <div class=\"cardPad section\">\r\n        <h2>About this internship<\/h2>\r\n        <div class=\"html-block\">\r\n          <p>TikTok is hiring a Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) for Summer 2025 in San Jose, CA, with an on-site work model and a pay range of $55\/hr. This PhD internship is geared toward candidates pursuing a doctorate in a relevant technical field (or with equivalent practical experience) who can use data querying languages and at least one scripting language such as Python or R. You\u2019ll likely apply methods like forecasting, statistical and causal inference, and classification to support product data science work within TikTok\u2019s content creator and content discovery industry.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n\r\n    <article class=\"card\" style=\"margin-top:18px;\">\r\n      <div class=\"cardPad section\">\r\n        <h2>Qualifications<\/h2>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"split\">\r\n          <div>\r\n            <h2 class=\"muted\" style=\"font-size:16px;margin-top:0;\">Required<\/h2>\r\n            <ul class=\"list\">\r\n              <li>Pursuing a PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science etc relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience<\/li>\n<li>Proficient in data querying languages and at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, R)<\/li>\n<li>Experience in one or more of the following methods: forecasting, statistical and causal inference, classification methods.<\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n          <div>\r\n            <h2 class=\"muted\" style=\"font-size:16px;margin-top:0;\">Nice to have<\/h2>\r\n            <ul class=\"list\">\r\n              <li>Hands-on experience writing efficient queries to extract, join, and validate large datasets for analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Comfort translating an open-ended product question into a measurable metric and an analysis plan.<\/li>\n<li>Experience evaluating models and communicating trade-offs using clear, data-backed summaries.<\/li>\n<li>Familiarity with experiment design concepts and interpreting results to support causal conclusions.<\/li>\n<li>Strong documentation habits and willingness to share reproducible analysis code in Python or R.<\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"callout\">\r\n          <h2 style=\"margin:0 0 6px 0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;\">How to stand out (TUN tip)<\/h2>\r\n          <div class=\"html-block muted\">\r\n            <p>Before applying, prepare 1\u20132 short examples (a paper, project, or notebook) where you used SQL plus Python or R to build a forecast, classification model, or causal analysis, and be ready to explain your assumptions and validation steps. Since the role is on-site in San Jose, confirm your availability to work in person for Summer 2025 and include that detail in your application if there\u2019s a place to note it.<\/p>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/article>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <aside class=\"card sticky\" aria-label=\"Overview\">\r\n    <div class=\"cardPad\">\r\n      <h2 style=\"padding-left:0px;\">Overview<\/h2>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"kv\"><div class=\"k\">Company<\/div><div class=\"v\">TikTok<\/div><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"kv\"><div class=\"k\">Industry<\/div><div class=\"v\">Content Creators, Content Discovery<\/div><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"kv\"><div class=\"k\">Location<\/div><div class=\"v\">San Jose, CA<\/div><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"kv\"><div class=\"k\">Work model<\/div><div class=\"v\">On Site<\/div><\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"kv\"><div class=\"k\">Pay<\/div><div class=\"v\">$55-$55 \/hr<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n      <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n      <a class=\"btn btnPrimary\" style=\"width:100%;justify-content:center\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeattiktok.com\/earlycareers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n        Apply on company site \u2197\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/aside>\r\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) &#8211; 2025 Summer (PhD) TikTok \u00b7 Content Creators, Content Discovery \ud83d\udccd San Jose, CA \ud83c\udfe2 On Site \ud83d\udcb0 $55-$55 \/hr Apply on company site \u2197 About this internship TikTok is hiring a Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) for Summer 2025 in San Jose, CA, with an on-site work model and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-no-separators","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[362,525,526,358,424,527],"class_list":["post-17458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internship","tag-ca","tag-content-creators","tag-content-discovery","tag-on-site","tag-san-jose","tag-tiktok"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"wp_review_large":false,"wp_review_small":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Career Team","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/author\/magic\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) &#8211; 2025 Summer (PhD) TikTok \u00b7 Content Creators, Content Discovery \ud83d\udccd San Jose, CA \ud83c\udfe2 On Site \ud83d\udcb0 $55-$55 \/hr Apply on company site \u2197 About this internship TikTok is hiring a Data Science Intern (TikTok-Product-Data Science) for Summer 2025 in San Jose, CA, with an on-site work model and&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}