Senior Data Scientist

2 Months ago • 2-7 Years • Data Analyst • $211,536 PA - $355,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance seeks Senior Data Scientists to provide insights influencing product development using advanced statistics, machine learning, and programming. Responsibilities include quantitative analysis, experimentation, and causal inference to understand data and measure impact. Collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, User Research, Design) is crucial for solving problems and identifying opportunities. Building and validating statistical models for regression and classification problems, and visualizing data for executive audiences are key. The role requires working with large datasets, applying advanced analytical methods, and mentoring junior team members. Domestic travel up to 10% is required.
Must have:
  • Master's degree or Bachelor's with 5 years experience
  • 2+ years experience in data mining and analysis using SQL, Python, or R
  • 2+ years experience using SQL or Spark to query data
  • 2+ years experience visualizing data with BI tools
  • 2+ years experience building statistical models
Perks:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Wellbeing benefits
  • Paid holidays and sick days
  • Paid Personal Time

Job Details

Responsibilities
About ByteDance Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About the Team Our team plays a crucial role in ensuring the company’s success. We seek people who are willing to learn and put in the effort to solve problems. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day problems - you’ll be part of a team that’s developing new solutions to new challenges. It’s working fast at scale, and we’re making a difference. We are looking for talents to join us on this exciting journey! Responsibilities Provide insights to influence product development using advanced statistics, machine learning (ML), and programming. Apply quantitative analysis to understand data, provide actionable insights, and measure the data through experimentation and causal inference. Partner with Product, Engineering, User Research, Designer and other teams to solve problems and identify trends and opportunities. Build classification and clustering machine learning models to understand data characteristics. Visualize and synthesize analytics and statistical approaches into easy-to consume storylines for the team to provide indicated actions for executive audiences. Work with large, complex data sets to solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems by applying advanced analytical methods as needed. Apply quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to develop strategies for our products that serve billions of people and millions of businesses. Interact cross-functionally, making business recommendations with effective presentations of findings at multiple levels of stakeholders through visual displays of quantitative information. Mentor junior and intern Data Scientists.
Qualifications
Qualifications Must have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, and 2 years of related work experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, and 5 years of post-bachelor’s, progressive related work experience. Of the required experience, must have 2 years of experience in each of the following: Mining, preparing, cleansing, and analyzing structured data using statistical computing languages SQL, Python, or R for metrics creation, root cause analysis, and model preprocessing; Using SQL or Spark to query, explore, and manipulate data from Apache Hive and relational database management systems including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or PostgreSQL; Developing graphical and visual representations of data using business intelligence tools Excel or Tableau; and Building, tuning, and validating statistical models for regression and classification problems in Python or R. Travel Requirement: Domestic travel up to 10% required. Type: Full time, 40 hours/week Location: San Jose, CA Salary Range: $211536-$355000 per year To Apply, click the apply button below. Contact lpresumes@bytedance.com if you have difficulty submitting resume through the website. ByteDance Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At Bytedance, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at lpresumes@bytedance.com. #LI-DNI #IND-DNI
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $211536 - $355000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

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