TikTok

Senior Software Development Engineer - Data

TikTok • $218K — $387K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in a quantitative discipline (CS, STEM, etc.)
  • Experience in API, backend, and data services development
  • Familiarity with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka)
  • Proficient in ETL/ELT and data system architecture
  • Ability to code in Java, Python, and SQL
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and build efficient data transformations for various uses
  • Implement scalable and robust big data systems
  • Establish best engineering practices for both engineers and non-technical teams
  • Optimize existing systems for better performance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business needs

Benefits

  • Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage
  • Life insurance and wellbeing benefits
  • 10 paid holidays, 10 sick days, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Team Introduction The Data Platform team works on building data infrastructures and data products to support business engineering teams at TikTok. As a Software Development Engineer in the data platform team, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on all kinds of systems in the data platform ecosystem. Your work will have a direct and huge impact on the company's core products as well as hundreds of millions of users. Responsibilities - What You'll Do
• Design and build data transformations efficiently and reliably for different purposes (e.g. reporting, growth analysis, multi-dimensional analysis)
• Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business
• Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non-technical people.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification
• BS/MS from a quantitative field of study (CS, STEM, etc)
• Experience in API, backend, and data services development
• Experience in Big Data stack(Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink etc.)
• Experience with ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading) or ELT, and architecting data systems
• Ability to ship code in Java, Python and SQL
• Solid communication and collaboration skills

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $218400 - $387600 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.

About TikTok

TikTok is a social media app that allows users to create and share short videos. The app was launched in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance. TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over 1 billion active users. The app has been downloaded over 2 billion times worldwide. TikTok has faced controversy over its data privacy practices and its potential ties to the Chinese government. In 2020, the app faced a potential ban in the United States, but a deal was reached with Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global.
Learn more about TikTok
Size
1,750 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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