Responsibilities
We are looking for an ambitious Data Scientist Intern to join the TikTok PDPO team in 2025. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. Turn your ambitions into reality as your inspiration brings infinite opportunities at TikTok. Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 12-week long internship period. About the team PDPO(Privacy and Data Protection Office) is the organization to lead, supervise, and empower all TikTok's privacy work in an accountable and industry leading way. This team is the expert in the landscape of privacy risks and passionate about consulting across the company on implementing the proper safeguards and technical mitigations to ensure that our users’ privacy is honored across the TikTok's products and platforms. We are seeking an experienced Data Scientist Intern to join the Risk and Governance organization within PDPO to utilize big data techniques in building solutions to help envision TikTok's privacy evolution. You will be expected to conduct rigorous data investigations, develop scalable data solutions and build deep domain knowledge in privacy and data protection from your day by day work. - Work as Centralized Data Experts (CDE) to conduct impact sizing analysis during critical privacy incident investigation and response to data requests from media or regulators. - Design and build systematic data solutions and standardized data runbooks to improve efficiency and ensure accuracy for incident and inquiry response. - Sort out data inventories across the whole company in different formats and platforms to develop scalable monitoring systems that detect Privacy Risks and establish automated alerts. - Develop data pipelines to automate metrics reporting, drive metrics to improve Operational Excellence. - Conduct data investigation, data mining to find root causes, patterns and trends for privacy risks, and develop improvement or remediation plans for data protection. - Establish solid design and best engineering practice for data access controls and management - Collaborate with various XFN teams within the PDPO department and across organizations (e.g. legal, security, engineering and product) to drive various projects on privacy and data protection.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Current pursuing an Undergraduate or Master in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, mathematics or related technical field - Hands-on experience and deep understanding of various Big Data technologies (Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc.) - Proficient in SQL, Python, Schema design, ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading) - Experience with data visualization tools or platforms (e.g. Dashboards, Tableau, etc.) - Strong communication and project management skills. Be comfortable working with a large number of XFNs to lead and drive projects at different stages. Preferred Qualification - Experience and knowledge on data privacy & data security is a plus - Passionate and self-motivated about big data and data privacy.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $45- $45.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
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.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok 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 TikTok, 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.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok 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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
