Responsibilities
About the Team The ads system at TikTok operates on a massive scale and serves millions of advertisers, clients and influencers across the world. The quality of the ads system highly depends on the ability to handle massive data, and machine learning is widely used to improve the quality of our ads. The Ads machine learning data platform team is responsible for building highly efficient and stable infrastructure to collect and process data for the usage of machine learning training, serving, and privacy enforcement, including feature engineering, feature store, training data generation, etc. We are looking for an innovative Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer to join the team. You will provide technical leadership to key projects and empower the team. Responsibilities • Lead projects committed to building and operating scalable and reliable ML- oriented data infrastructure systems. • Provide technical leadership and guidance to team members and project peers. • Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts. • Lead the innovation efforts, and bring in new ideas and technologies.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical disciplines. • 7+ years of hands-on experience with building and training complex and scalable machine learning systems. • 2+ years of experience as a tech lead. • Strong Computer Science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design) and problem-solving skills. • Solid coding skills and a good understanding of algorithms, especially causal inference, uplift model, and deep learning. • Experience in managing projects. Preferred Qualifications • Experience in Ads domain. • Experience with building large-scale data processing infrastructure.
Job Information
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
