Responsibilities
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TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
About the team
The success of TikTok's data business model hinges on the supply of a large volume of high quality labeled data that will grow exponentially as our business scales up.
The Data Solutions team uses quantitative and qualitative data to guide and uncover insights, turning our findings into real products to power exponential growth.
Responsibilities
• Lead technical research on bridging the understanding between human and machine learning.
• Build the library of elementary concepts that serve as factors to form content.
• Interpret natural signals (image, audio, text, video) into structured computational signals for ML models to process like the human brain.
• Identify patterns that indicate intentions, and verify them with experiments.
• Incorporate a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques on multi-modal datasets.
• Understand underlying data sources and their limitations. Create innovative approaches to answer pressing questions, prepare complex data analyses and models.
• Communicate with machine learning engineers and product partners to understand business needs and provide analytical solutions.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with an interest in decision science / psychology.
• Experience in Graph Neural Network (GNN) or NLP is highly advantageous.
• Proven experience working with large datasets and relational databases (Hive, SQL).
• 3-7 years of hands-on behavioral / cognitive research experience in a business environment.
• Experience in statistics, experimental design, and data mining techniques.
• Experience in programming computational and statistical algorithms for large datasets.
• Proficiency in Python packages such as pandas, seaborn, scikit-learn, dplyr or nltk.
• Distinctive communication skills to convey analytical and technical content to diverse audiences.
• Intellectual curiosity and excellent problem-solving and quantitative skills.
Job Information :
Compensation Description (annually) : The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $144,000 - $312,000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.
Our company benefits include 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% for dependents, and a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
Additionally, we offer Dental, Vision, Short / Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans.
We provide 10 paid holidays per year, 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO), and 10 paid sick days, along with 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
We also provide mental and emotional health benefits, a 401K company match, gym, and cellphone service reimbursements.
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Last updated : 2024-08-22
Location: San Jose, CA, United States
Posted: Aug. 25, 2024, 4:43 a.m.
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